Create a healthcare location

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Create healthcare locations to designate the locations in which your care teams operate.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    Healthcare locations are the physical or virtual places where care and operational work occur—campuses, buildings, wings, units, rooms, and other serviceable spaces. .

    The Healthcare Location [sn_hcls_location] table stores details of the location associated with your healthcare organization.

    For more information, see Setting up healthcare locations and healthcare organizations and Healthcare location table.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > HCLS Service Management > Organization data > Healthcare location.
    2. Select New.
    3. Fill in the following fields.
      Field Description
      Name Name to identify the healthcare location.
      Physical type

      Physical form of the location.

      The following types are available by default:

      • Area

      • Bed

      • Building

      • Cabinet

      • Corridor

      • Jurisdiction

      • Level

      • Room

      • Road

      • Site

      • Vehicle

      • Wing

      • Ward

      For more information about the available physical types, see location types defined in the FHIR specifications.
      Parent location

      The parent location of this healthcare location.

      Set your parent location to create a hierarchy of locations in which the current healthcare location is nested under that parent location.

      For more information, see Example - Organizing your healthcare locations.
      Location

      Physical location of this healthcare location.

      Entry selected here populates address fields.

      Value here references the Common Location [cmn_location] table.
      Latitude Latitude of the absolute geographic location.
      Longitude Longitude of the absolute geographic location.
      Altitude Altitude of the absolute geographic location.
      Status

      Option to indicate whether the healthcare location is in use.

      The following statuses are available by default:

      • Active

      • Inactive

      • Suspended

      For more information about the available statuses, see location statuses defined in the FHIR specifications.

      Street Mailing street address of the physical location.
      City City in which the physical location is located.
      State/Province State or province in which the physical location is located.
      Zip / Postal Code ZIP or postal code for the physical location.
      Phone Phone number of the physical location.
      Identifier Unique identifier associated with this location.
      Description A description of this healthcare location.
    4. Select Submit.