# NHSD FHIR API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/healthdirect/nhsd-fhir-api/  
**Provider:** Healthdirect Australia — https://apis.io/providers/healthdirect/  
**Base URL:** https://api.fhir.nhsd.healthdirect.org.au/v4  
**Documentation:** https://about.healthdirect.gov.au/what-we-do/portfolio/nhsd/integration-hub/documentation

NHSD FHIR API is one of 5 APIs that [Healthdirect Australia](https://apis.io/providers/healthdirect/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include FHIR, Provider Directory, and Healthcare. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

Real-time, read-only HL7 FHIR API over the National Health Services Directory, aligned to the HL7 AU Provider Directory (AU-PD) implementation guide. Supports querying Organization, HealthcareService, PractitionerRole, and Practitioner resources — including geospatial (location.near), open-now/open-at, service-type (SNOMED CT-AU), and identifier searches — for over 400,000 service and practitioner records. Secured with OAuth 2.0 client-credentials plus an x-api-key header.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://about.healthdirect.gov.au/what-we-do/portfolio/nhsd/integration-hub/documentation
- **APIReference** — https://build.fhir.nhsd.healthdirect.org.au/v4/index.html
- **PostmanCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdirect/refs/heads/main/collections/nhsd-developers-portal.postman_collection.json
- **Documentation** — https://media.healthdirect.org.au/publications/NHSD_Developer-Guide.pdf
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/healthdirect/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Healthdirect Australia APIs (4)

- [NHSD FHIR Bulk Data Export](https://apis.io/apis/healthdirect/nhsd-fhir-bulk-data-export/)
- [NHSD FHIR Ingestion & Data Acquisition Hub](https://apis.io/apis/healthdirect/nhsd-ingestion-hub/)
- [NHSD Provider Appointments API](https://apis.io/apis/healthdirect/nhsd-provider-appointments-api/)
- [NHSD Search Widget](https://apis.io/apis/healthdirect/nhsd-widget/)

## Tags

FHIR, Provider Directory, Healthcare

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