# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

0.1.0-preview - Preview

Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide, published by Australian Digital Health Agency. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0-preview built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/steveswinsburg/HealthConnect/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

## Extension: HC Practitioner Role Communication

Official URL: http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication | Version: 0.1.0-preview
Standards status: Draft | Computable Name: HcPractitionerRoleCommunication
Usage:Jurisdiction: Australia
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Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s)

- Element ID: `PractitionerRole`

Usage info

Usages:

- Use this Extension: HC PractitionerRole
- Examples for this Extension: PractitionerRole/example-healthconnect-practitionerrole-1

You can also check for usages in the FHIR IG Statistics

### Formal Views of Extension Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

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This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Practitioner role communication preferences
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Practitioner role communication preferences
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Differential View

This structure is derived from Extension

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Practitioner role communication preferences
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

Snapshot View

Name | Flags | Card. | Type | Description & Constraints Filter: Bindings Constraints Obligations
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Extension |  | 0..* | Extension | Practitioner role communication preferences
id |  | 0..1 | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing
extension |  | 0..0 |  | Extension Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
url |  | 1..1 | uri | "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication"
value[x] |  | 0..1 | CodeableConcept | Value of extension Binding: Common Languages in Australia (required)
Documentation for this format

This structure is derived from Extension

Summary

Simple Extension with the type CodeableConcept: Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

#### Terminology Bindings

Path | Status | Usage | ValueSet | Version | Source
Extension.value[x] | Base | required | Common Languages in Australia | ⏿2.2.1 | tx.ontoserver.csiro.au

#### Constraints

Id | Grade | Path(s) | Description | Expression
ele-1 | error | **ALL** elements | All FHIR elements must have a @value or children | `hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())`
ext-1 | error | **ALL** extensions | Must have either extensions or value[x], not both | `extension.exists() != value.exists()`