# HC SMD Target Identifier (HC-SMDTI) - 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 SMD Target Identifier (HC-SMDTI)**

## Data Type Profile: HC SMD Target Identifier (HC-SMDTI) 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/hc/StructureDefinition/hc-smd-target-identifier | *Version*:0.2.0-preview |
| *Standards status:*[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | *Computable Name*:HCSMDTargetIdentifier |
| **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 SMD target identifier allocated to a healthcare practitioner, in a Health Connect Provider Directory context. 

**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-smd-target-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-smd-target-identifier.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-hc-smd-target-identifier.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-hc-smd-target-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-smd-target-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-smd-target-identifier",
  "version" : "0.2.0-preview",
  "name" : "HCSMDTargetIdentifier",
  "title" : "HC SMD Target Identifier (HC-SMDTI)",
  "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 SMD target identifier allocated to a healthcare practitioner, 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" : "SMD Target Identifier",
        "definition" : "SMD Target Identifier that the practitioner has with Professional association / Peak body association (for non-Ahpra registered practitioners), as recorded against the HPI-I record."
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.system",
        "path" : "Identifier.system",
        "short" : "Secure Messaging Delivery Target Identifier",
        "definition" : "Target identifier suitable for Secure Message Delivery interface metadata content; also allows lookup for responses.",
        "min" : 1,
        "fixedUri" : "http://ns.electronichealth.net.au/smd/target"
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.value",
        "path" : "Identifier.value",
        "short" : "SMD Target Identifier Value",
        "definition" : "Assigning SMD target identifier value.",
        "min" : 1,
        "example" : [
          {
            "label" : "SMD Target ID",
            "valueString" : "1234567890"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "Identifier.assigner",
        "path" : "Identifier.assigner",
        "short" : "Organization that issued the smdTarget identifier (may be just text)",
        "definition" : "Organization that issued the smdTarget identifier (may be just text)."
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
