# HC Practitioner Role Communication - Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide v0.2.0-preview

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# Health Connect Australia Provider Directory FHIR Implementation Guide

0.2.0-preview - Preview

*  [FHIR IGs](https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/fhir) 
*  [Developer Portal](https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au) 
*  [Agency site](https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au) 

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **HC Practitioner Role Communication**

## Extension: HC Practitioner Role Communication 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication | *Version*:0.2.0-preview |
| *Standards status:*[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | *Computable Name*:HcPractitionerRoleCommunication |
| **Usage:**Jurisdiction: Australia | |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright © 2025 Australian Digital Health Agency - All rights reserved. | |

Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.

**Context of Use**

**Usage info**

**Usages:**

* Use this Extension: [HC PractitionerRole](StructureDefinition-hc-practitionerrole.md)
* Examples for this Extension: [PractitionerRole/example-healthconnect-practitionerrole-1](PractitionerRole-example-healthconnect-practitionerrole-1.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/au.digitalhealth.r4.healthconnect|current/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication)

### Formal Views of Extension Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-hc-practitioner-role-communication.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-hc-practitioner-role-communication.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-hc-practitioner-role-communication.sch) 

#### Terminology Bindings

#### Constraints

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IG © 2025+ [Australian Digital Health Agency](https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/). Package au.digitalhealth.r4.healthconnect#0.2.0-preview based on [FHIR 4.0.1](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/). Generated 2026-01-20

Links: [Table of Contents](toc.md) | [QA Report](qa.md) | [Version History](https://fhir.digitalhealth.gov.au/dh/history.html) | [Report an issue or propose a change](mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au) 

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## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "hc-practitioner-role-communication",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
      "valueCode" : "draft",
      "_valueCode" : {
        "extension" : [
          {
            "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
            "valueCanonical" : "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/ImplementationGuide/au.digitalhealth.r4.healthconnect"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "url" : "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication",
  "version" : "0.2.0-preview",
  "name" : "HcPractitionerRoleCommunication",
  "title" : "HC Practitioner Role Communication",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-01-20T04:27:33+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "help@digitalhealth.gov.au"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "Australian Digital Health Agency",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "mailto:help@digitalhealth.gov.au",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Health Connect Practitioner Role Communication. This extension captures communication preferences and capabilities for a practitioner in a given role.",
  "useContext" : [
    {
      "code" : {
        "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/usage-context-type",
        "code" : "jurisdiction"
      },
      "valueCodeableConcept" : {
        "coding" : [
          {
            "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
            "code" : "AU",
            "display" : "Australia"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "copyright" : "Copyright © 2025 Australian Digital Health Agency - All rights reserved.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "context" : [
    {
      "type" : "element",
      "expression" : "PractitionerRole"
    }
  ],
  "type" : "Extension",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Extension|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Extension",
        "path" : "Extension",
        "short" : "Practitioner role communication preferences",
        "definition" : "This extension applies to PractitionerRole, and represents a language the practitioner can use in patient communication when acting in a role at a HealthcareService."
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.extension",
        "path" : "Extension.extension",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.url",
        "path" : "Extension.url",
        "fixedUri" : "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-practitioner-role-communication"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Extension.value[x]",
        "path" : "Extension.value[x]",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ],
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "https://healthterminologies.gov.au/fhir/ValueSet/common-languages-australia-2"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
