GP Connect API 1.6.2-beta released on XX July 2023

Introduction

The GP Connect API 1.6.2-beta release contains:

  • dose syntax changes

The changes that are inherited from 1.6.1 can be found in 1.6.1 release notes.

Changes may affect more than one capability. Please see the Affects label for details of the capabilities changed.

1.6.2 changes


General


Updates to capability statement

Affects:  Access Documents, Access Record Structured, Foundations

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • version number has been changed to 1.6.2
  • CareConnect-GPC-ProcedureRequest-1 profile version updated to 1.4

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Correct syntax in examples

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

Description:

  • Correct syntax in examples

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Access Documents


Clarify documents search API author parameter can not be used to search by practitioner

Affects:  Access Documents

Impacts: Consumer systems

Description:

  • Documents search API author parameter only searches for organisation authors

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Access Record Structured


Clarify 100MB file size is not a limit for migrate a document

Affects:  Access Documents

Impacts: Consumer systems

Description:

  • Clarify 100MB file size is not a limit for the migrate a document API response

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Update dose syntax to support Information Standards Notice DAPB4013

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • Dose syntax has been updated to provide compliance with Information Standards Notice ISN DAPB4013

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Clarify handling for MedicationRequest with intent of order when plan has been discontinued

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • The guidance for a MedicationRequest’s status in a scenario where a MedicationRequest with intent of order that is part of a discontinued plan has been clarified i.e. it should not be updated to stopped

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Update Specimen collection.extension[fastingStatus] to include coded concept

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

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Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

Description:

  • Additional links to existing guidance have been added to the guidance for multiple clinical area searches on patient record retrieval

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Clarify list population for Consultations and Problems

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

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Clarify allergy/intolerance category use

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider systems

Description:

  • AllergyIntolerance.category MUST use medication when allergy type is not distinguishable between medication and environment

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Allow ProcedureRequest.supportingInfo to reference a Resource

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

Description:

  • ProcedureRequest.supportingInfo can reference a Resource, facilitating the linking of a document

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Clarify MedicationStatement.dateAsserted

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

Description:

  • Clarified MedicationStatement.dateAsserted should be the date the authorisation is entered onto the record if the information source is unclear

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DiagnosticReport.identifier may be the lab report ID

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • If the lab report ID uses the NHS PMIP Report Numbers CodeSystem and it could be used by consumers to match lab reports it can be included in DiagnosticReport.identifier

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Test groups, test reports and test results may have many filing comments

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • Test groups, test reports and test results are not limited to a single filing comment. Guidance and diagrams have been updated to reflect this

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Clarify overarching principles for MedicationRequest element population

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: Provider and consumer systems

Description:

  • MedicationRequest elements should be populated when data is available, even if that means there is duplication in other MedicationRequest resources

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Remove potentially confusing statement from Medication.code

Affects:  Access Record Structured

Impacts: N/A

Description:

  • A potentially confusing statement has been removed from the Medication.code element guidance. The (already linked) CodeableConcept guidance document is more prominent

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