Provider Connect Australia (PCA)
24.2.0.0 - active

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## Artefacts

### Resource profiles

The following profiles defined in this implementation guide are of resources representing published organisation information.

Profile | Description | Derived from
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PCA Healthcare Service | This profile of HealthcareService defines a PCA Healthcare Service. A PCA Healthcare Service is a service offered at a location by a PCA publisher. | AU Base Healthcare Service
PCA Location | This profile of Location defines a PCA Location. A PCA Location is a location at which services are offered by a PCA publisher. | AU Base Location
PCA Organization | This profile of Organization defines an organisation, in an Australian healthcare context, as supported by the Provider Connect Australia (PCA) service. | AU Base Organization
PCA Practitioner | This profile of Practitioner defines a practitioner, in an Australian healthcare context, as supported by the Provider Connect Australia (PCA) service. | AU Base Practitioner
PCA Practitioner Role | This profile of PractitionerRole defines a PCA Practitioner Role. A PCA Practitioner Role is a PCA Practitioner in a role at a PCA Healthcare Service. | AU Base PractitionerRole
PCA Publication Approver | This profile of Practitioner defines a PCA Publication Approver who approves publication of a service offering. | Practitioner
PCA Publication Authorisation Record | This profile of Contract defines a decision made by a PCA publisher concerning the publication of a PCA Healthcare Service or PCA Practitioner Role to a specific PCA Partner Service. | Contract
PCA Service Coverage Area | This profile of Location represents a geographic area in which a service is available. | Location

The following profiles defined in this implementation guide are of other resources.

Profile | Description | Derived from
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PCA Information Use Statement | This profile of Contract defines an information use statement for a PCA Partner Service. An information use statement is a policy statement by the subscriber that describes how subscribers will use the information that is disclosed to this service. | Contract
PCA Match Record | This profile of Task shows the status of matching a subscriber's record of an organisation to the publisher's record. | Task
PCA Partner Service | This profile of HealthcareService defines a PCA Partner Service. A PCA Partner Service is a service offered by a PCA subscriber to which PCA publishers can publish their service offerings (i.e. Healthcare Service). | HealthcareService
PCA Partner Service Task | This profile of Task represents a task created by a PCA business partner service via their authorised subscribing system. A PCA Partner Service Task represents an actionable request related to a specific PCA Organisation, PCA Location, PCA Healthcare Service, or PCA Practitioner Role that is being published to the PCA business partner service. | Task
PCA Provenance | This profile of Provenance is used to record an activity performed by the PCA service (conditionally on behalf of a participating organisation when the target element references a PCA Organization resource) whereby specific data elements of a PCA Organization or PCA Practitioner resource have been initially retrieved, updated or verified from an external system of record. | Provenance
PCA Subscription | This profile is used by subscribing systems to register for notifications from the PCA service when new or updated service offerings are available, or when publication of existing service offerings has been newly revoked. | Subscription

### Data type profiles

The following data type profiles are defined in this implementation guide.

Profile | Description | Derived from
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PCA Healthcare Service Identifier (PCA-HSI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Healthcare Service Identifier (PCA-HSI). A PCA-HSI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Healthcare Service. | Identifier
PCA Location Identifier (PCA-LI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Location Identifier (PCA-LI). A PCA-LI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Location. | Identifier
PCA Medicare Provider Number (PCA-MPN) | This identifier profile defines a Medicare provider number in an Australian context and is used by the PCA service to additionally indicate if the Medicare provider number has been validated with the Medicare system of record. | AU Medicare Provider Number
PCA Organization Identifier (PCA-OI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Organization Identifier (PCA-OI). A PCA-OI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Organization. | Identifier
PCA Partner Service Identifier (PCA-PSI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Partner Service Identifier (PCA-PSI). A PCA-PSI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Partner Service. | Identifier
PCA Practitioner Identifier (PCA-PI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Practitioner Identifier (PCA-PI). A PCA-PI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Practitioner. | Identifier
PCA Practitioner Role Identifier (PCA-PRI) | This profile of Identifier defines a PCA Practitioner Role Identifier (PCA-PRI). A PCA-PRI is an identifier issued by the Provider Connect Australia service to each PCA Practitioner Role. | Identifier

### Other profiles

The following HL7 AU Base profiles are referenced in this implementation guide.

Profile | Description | Derived from
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AU Ahpra Registration Number | This identifier profile defines an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) registration number in an Australian context. | Identifier
AU Australian Business Number | This identifier profile defines an Australian Business Number (ABN) in an Australian context. | Identifier
AU Base Address | This profile is provided for use in an Australian context where some constraint on content is desirable to guarantee the quality of an Australian address whilst still supporting other uses such as unstructured addresses. | Address
AU HPI-I | This identifier profile defines a Healthcare Provider Identifier - Individual - HPI-I in an Australian context. | Identifier
AU HPI-O | This identifier profile defines a Healthcare Provider Identifier – Organisation (HPI-O) identifier in an Australian context. | Identifier