# Consultation Notes - Medtech ALEX® AU Implementation Guide v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Consultation Notes**

## Resource Profile: Consultation Notes 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-consultationnotes | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-01-12 | *Computable Name*:AlexConsultationNotes |

 
The Consultation Notes exposed by ALEX 

**Usages:**

* Derived from this Profile: [Consultation Notes IPS Profile](StructureDefinition-alex-consultationnotes-ips.md)
* Use this Profile: [Consultation Notes Bundle](StructureDefinition-consultationnotes-search-bundle.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [DocumentReference/consultationNotes-full-example](DocumentReference-consultationNotes-full-example.md) and [DocumentReference/consultationNotes-min-example](DocumentReference-consultationNotes-min-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/medtechglobal.fhir.alex|current/StructureDefinition/alex-consultationnotes)

### 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-alex-consultationnotes.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-alex-consultationnotes.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-alex-consultationnotes.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
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  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "AlexConsultationNotes",
  "title" : "Consultation Notes",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-01-12T22:43:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Medtech Global",
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        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "supportau@medtechglobal.com"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

```
