# HC Endpoint Identifier (HC-EPI) - 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

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* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**FHIR Artefacts**](artifacts.md)
* **HC Endpoint Identifier (HC-EPI)**

## Data Type Profile: HC Endpoint Identifier (HC-EPI) 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-endpoint-identifier | *Version*:0.2.0-preview |
| *Standards status:*[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | *Computable Name*:HCEndpointIdentifier |
| **Usage:**Jurisdiction: Australia | |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright © 2025 Australian Digital Health Agency - All rights reserved. This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | |

 
This identifier profile defines a unique identifier allocated to a healthcare endpoint, in a Health Connect Provider Directory context. 

### HC Endpoint Identifier (HC-EPI)

The `HC-EPI` is the primary external identifier used to identify an `Endpoint` across Health Connect. Publishers SHOULD provide an authoritative external identifier when creating or updating an `Endpoint`. The `HC-EPI` is **mandatory** for `Endpoint` resources published in the Health Connect Provider Directory and is used as a primary reconciliation key for cross-system matching.

* `identifier.type`: fixed to `RI` (resource identifier).
* `identifier.value`: the external identifier value supplied by the publisher or assigning organisation.
* `identifier.system`: populate with a stable URI to support authoritative reconciliation.

Guidance:

* The combination of system and value MUST be globally unique within Health Connect and SHOULD be stable over the lifecycle of the endpoint.
* Use `identifier.system` to record a canonical URI when organisations have a stable namespace for their identifiers.

**Usages:**

* Use this DataType Profile: [HC Endpoint](StructureDefinition-hc-endpoint.md)

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

### Formal Views of Profile Content

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

 

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

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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-endpoint-identifier",
  "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-endpoint-identifier",
  "version" : "0.2.0-preview",
  "name" : "HCEndpointIdentifier",
  "title" : "HC Endpoint Identifier (HC-EPI)",
  "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" : "This identifier profile defines a unique identifier allocated to a healthcare endpoint, in a Health Connect Provider Directory context.",
  "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. This content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. See [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "servd",
      "uri" : "http://www.omg.org/spec/ServD/1.0/",
      "name" : "ServD"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "complex-type",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Identifier",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Identifier|4.0.1",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "Identifier",
        "path" : "Identifier",
        "short" : "HC Endpoint Identifier system.",
        "definition" : "Assigning system of the HC Endpoint Identifier."
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.type",
        "path" : "Identifier.type",
        "short" : "Coded identifier type for end point identifier",
        "min" : 1,
        "patternCodeableConcept" : {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
              "code" : "RI"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.system",
        "path" : "Identifier.system",
        "min" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.value",
        "path" : "Identifier.value",
        "short" : "HC Endpoint Identifier value.",
        "definition" : "Value of the HC Endpoint Identifier assigned by a publishing system.",
        "min" : 1,
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "HC Endpoint ID",
            "valueString" : "1234567890"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
