Glossary of Terms

Halaxy API (FHIR)	Halaxy	Description
Appointment	appointment	A scheduled meeting between a patient and a practitioner at a specific date and time.
beneficiary	claimant	The claimant applies as beneficiary if the field is populated. Otherwise, beneficiary defaults to the patient.
ChargeItemDefinition	fee	The fee is the service or product provided by the practice to patient.
coverage	claim details	This refers to the patient's high-level identifiers of their health fund membership (e.g. Medicare card details)
external practitioner	professional contact	A practitioner added to your practice group's Professional Contact list, outside of your Halaxy practice
DocumentReference	clinical note	This refers to an individual note in the Clinical Notes tab of a patient profile
HealthcareService	appointment type	Appointment placeholders you can make available in online bookings, allowing practitioners to receive bookings without a fee selected - learn more
qualification	profession	The practitioner's field in the healthcare sector. In Halaxy, you can find the practitioner's profession in Personal > Profile.
recipient	invoice payer	The individual or organization billed on an invoice
Schedule	practice hours	In Halaxy, a schedule entry is equivalent to the practice hours of a practitioner for a specific clinic. If a practitioner practices at multiple clinics, they will have separate schedule entries for each location. In Halaxy, practice hours can be found in Personal > Locations.
Slot	available appointment time	The available time in the day. If there are no appointments, there will only be 1 slot covering the entire day, but as more appointments are booked, the slots will be recalculated so they show where the remaining available times are.
telecom	contact details	A phone number or email address