eHealthExchange Healthcare Directory Implementation Guide
1.8.1 - Release 1

OperationDefinition: SearchNear

Official URL: https://sequoiaproject.org/fhir/ehx/OperationDefinition/search-near Version: 1.8.1
Active as of 2025-10-27 Computable Name: SearchNear

Returns organizations containing locations that are within a specified radius of one or more specified addresses. See the following example, which searches for participants with endpoints that are within ten miles of the White House:

    {
      "resourceType": "Parameters",
      "parameter": [
        {
          "name": "address",
          "valueAddress": {
            "line": [
              "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW"
            ],
            "city": "Washington",
            "state": "DC",
            "postalCode": "20500"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "radius",
          "valueDistance": {
            "value": 10,
            "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code": "[mi_i]"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "type",
          "valueCoding": {
            "system": "https://sequoiaproject.org/fhir/sphd/CodeSystem/OrganizationType",
            "code": "Participant"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "endpoint:missing",
          "valueBoolean": false
        }
      ]
    }

URL: [base]/Organization/$search-near

Parameters

UseNameScopeCardinalityTypeBindingDocumentation
INaddress1..*Address

Addresses around which to search.

INradius1..1Distance

Threshold radius.

INtype0..*Coding

Filter on Organization.type.

INendpoint:missing0..1boolean

Filter on absence of Organization.endpoint.

OUTreturn1..1Bundle

Bundle of organizations within the threshold of one or more addresses.