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GP Connect API 0.5.1 release notes

GP Connect API 0.5.1 released on 17th December 2018
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Introduction

Note: Release 0.5.1 was released as a release candidate for provider review on the 7th of December. No review comments have been received.
Note: Release 0.5.1 does not contain any changes to the provider requirements. Any banner message changes have been made inline with the providers 0.5.0 delivery.

The GP Connect 0.5.1 release is aimed at consumers, and provides more information to better understand the variance in provider systems. Banner messages have been extracted to help consumers better understand the data being returned. Underlying provider system business rules have been highlighted, where known.

The release also contains some general specification uplifts and improvements.

Please see below for further details.

0.5.1 changes

Tickets#535

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • the HTML implementation guidance has a mix of general/technical guidance and guidance relating to the sections. The decision was taken to spilt the content into a Standards page and a Layout page

Pages changed:

  • Standards
    • page renamed from HTML Implementation Guide to Standards
    • all HTML layout items removed
    • remaining content reordered to make more sense
    • updated following review #541
  • Layout
    • all HTML layout items now listed on this new page
    • content reordered to make more sense
  • Provider variance page added in #604

Design Decision page to be reviewed and updated

Tickets#540

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • following a review the Design Decision page has been uplifted

Pages changed:

  • Design decisions
    • all decisions have been given a question/or problem statement that explains the need for the given decision.
    • no decisions have been changed
    • selected and decision labels have been standardised

Align usage of SHALL and MUST

Tickets#543

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • all references to SHALL have been replaced with MUST

Pages changed:


S-Flag patients to return Patient Not Found in ARHTML

Tickets#528

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • version 0.5.0 of ARHTML HTML implementation standards states that demographic details are to be redacted for patients which are S-flagged on Spine e.g. ‘May be redacted if patient is flagged on Spine as Sensitive demographics.’ This has been queried and subsequently changed in other capabilities for providers not to return patient records for S-flagged patients but to return a ‘Patient Not Found’ error.

Pages changed:

  • Standards
    • a preference for a ‘patient not found’ error message to be returned has been added
    • all redacted statements have been removed
    • statements added for clarity

Default date range if only a start or end date parameter passed in getCareRecord

Tickets#114

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • the scenario where only a start or an end date need to be considered and the GP Connect program needs to update the specification to cater for the possibility of someone only sending a start date or an end date

Pages changed:

  • Layout
    • date banner section uplifted to add more clarity on expected date range behaviours

Default Date Range Banner Message Wording

Tickets#162

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • change default date range range banner message wording.

Pages changed:

  • Layout
    • default listed as ‘All relevant items’

Access Record HTML format

Tickets#214

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • in the ‘HTML Views’ pages there are ‘HTML View’ sections which show how the HTML should be formatted for all the sections.

    these have always been treated as part of the spec, indicating the proposed tag format and structure for the HTML. It was raised that this is not clear and should be updated to specifically say that the format and tags should be followed for the HTML structure.

Pages changed:

Each of these pages have been uplifted to make the HTML View more clear.


Align 0.5.1 core spec with 1.2.2

Tickets#603

Affects:  Core

Description:

  • the 0.5.0 specification is currently out of alignment with the 1.2.2

Pages changed:

Core pages have been uplifted to align with 1.2.2 where it does not change the requirements.


Add Provider Variance page

Tickets#604

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • add a Provider Variance page to help consumers better understand what is being returned in Access Record HTML

Pages changed:

  • Provider variance page added
    • this page identifies known variances across banner messages and business rules

ARHTML - IG Reqs Uplift

Tickets#399

Affects:  Access Record HTML

Description:

  • stronger wording required to ensure that Access Record HTML is used in real time (meaning, should not be stored)

Pages changed:

  • Introduction
    • “Access Record HTML is delivering the capability to view a patient record and MUST be used in real time.” wording added

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