NHSD Provider directory entry for a healthcare service or category of services delivered at a location by an organisation. In a provider directory this allows the association of endpoints with the healthcare service and thus a channel for delivery to that service.


#### NHSD HealthcareService Resource

1. Eligibility pairs. (as AU-BASE Extension)
1. identifier included and sliced for various vendor identifiers (VDI), which currently includes secure messaging vendor endpoint identifiers.
1. telecom, includes an optional contact purpose - noting purpose specific contact information. (as NHSD Extension - au-contact-purpose)
1. availableTime, includes either
- “daysOfWeek” or
- “availability-reason” as NHSD extension (with holiday code)  or
- “availability-specificDate” as NHSD extension with a single date or
- "availableTimeApplicability" as NHSD extension with a date range
- availability-specificDate or availableTimeApplicability must not contain a recognised public date in a given year
- For public holidays "availability-reason" extension must be used.
1. availableTime, includes timezone information in which the service operates (as NHSD Extension - timezone)
1. notAvailable, includes timezone information in which the service operates (as NHSD Extension - timezone)
1. coverageArea, supported through CONTAINED resources and searchable via either **postcode alone or postcode and suburb combination.**
1. bookingProvider, supported through as extension, offering URLs to support online bookings.
1. Transient Information - Operational status information - noting if the service is currently open, or will be open soon. (as NHSD Extension - operationalStatus)
1. Transient Information - Proximity information included within response (as NHSD Extension - proximity-distance)
1. Not supported: specialty (refer to type)
1. Not supported: category (refer to type) - category shall be added in due course
1. Not supported: photo
1. Not supported: eligibility & eligibilityNote (see Extension healthcareservice-eligibility-detail)
1. Not supported: availabilityExceptions

#### Examples

[Healthcare Service Directory Entry Example](HealthcareService-example0.html)