Specialist Letter - Release Note v1.5

Specialist Letter documents are used in replying to a referral or reporting on a health event and contain information related to the event or the requested diagnosis or treatment by a specialist.

When a specialist creates a Specialist Letter document, it will be sent directly to the intended recipient, as per current practices. A copy may also be sent to the individual’s digital health record.

This release of the Specialist Letter includes the following changes to the Specialist Letter- My Health Record Conformance profile:

• Revision of HPI-I relaxation with change in document version from 1.6 to 1.7
• Update to the 2.3.3 Relaxation inclusions for HPI-I