AU Patient Summary Implementation Guide
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AU Patient Summary Implementation Guide, published by HL7 Australia. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.5.0-cibuild built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7au/au-fhir-ps/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Artefacts Summary

Page standards status: Informative

Contents:

This page provides a list of the FHIR artifacts defined as part of this implementation guide.

Requirements: Actor Definitions

The following artifacts define the types of individuals and/or systems that will interact as part of the use cases covered by this implementation guide.

AU PS Consumer

An AU PS Consumer is a system that consumes an AU PS Bundle and uses it to display or process patient summary content. This actor is based on the Consumer (IPS) actor, and describes the additional requirements and documentation applied for the Australian context.
AU PS Producer

An AU PS Producer is a system which creates or assembles an AU PS Bundle through automated generation or human curation of the patient summary content. This actor is based on the Creator (IPS) actor, and describes the additional requirements and documentation applied for the Australian context.

Structures: Resource Profiles

These define constraints on FHIR resources for systems conforming to this implementation guide.

AU PS AllergyIntolerance

This profile sets minimum expectations for an AllergyIntolerance resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core AllergyIntolerance profile, and applies the additional requirements from AllergyIntolerance (IPS).
AU PS Bundle

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Bundle resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on core FHIR Bundle, and applies the constraints of Bundle (IPS) and AU Patient Summary (AU PS). AU PS is specified in this guide as a HL7 FHIR document (a Bundle including a Composition), composed by a set of potentially reusable ‘minimal’ data blocks (the AU PS profiles).
AU PS Composition

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Composition resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on AU Base Composition and imposes Composition (IPS). AU Patient Summary (AU PS) is specified in this guide as a HL7 FHIR document (a Bundle including a Composition), composed by a set of potentially reusable ‘minimal’ data blocks (the AU PS profiles).
AU PS Condition

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Condition resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Condition profile, and applies the additional requirements from Condition (IPS).
AU PS Encounter

This profile sets minimum expectations for an Encounter resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Encounter profile, and applies the additional constraints for use in a patient summary context consistent with the profiling conventions of IPS.
AU PS Immunization

This profile sets minimum expectations for an Immunization resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Immunization profile, and applies the additional requirements from Immunization (IPS).
AU PS Medication

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Medication resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Medication profile, and applies the additional requirements from Medication (IPS).
AU PS MedicationRequest

This profile sets minimum expectations for a MedicationRequest resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core MedicationRequest, and applies the additional requirements from MedicationRequest (IPS).
AU PS MedicationStatement

This profile sets minimum expectations for a MedicationStatement resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core MedicationStatement profile, and applies the additional requirements from MedicationStatement (IPS).
AU PS Organization

This profile sets minimum expectations for an Organization resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Organization profile, and applies the additional requirements from Organization (IPS).
AU PS Pathology Result Observation

This profile sets minimum expectations for an Observation resource that represents a pathology result associated with a patient in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Pathology Result Observation profile, and applies the additional requirements from Observation Results - Laboratory/Pathology (IPS).
AU PS Patient

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Patient resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Patient profile, and applies the additional requirements from Patient (IPS).
AU PS Practitioner

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Practitioner resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Practitioner profile, and applies the additional requirements from Practitioner (IPS).
AU PS PractitionerRole

This profile sets minimum expectations for a PractitionerRole resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core PractitionerRole profile, and applies the additional requirements from PractitionerRole (IPS).
AU PS Procedure

This profile sets minimum expectations for a Procedure resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Procedure profile, and applies the additional requirements from Procedure (IPS).
AU PS RelatedPerson

This profile sets minimum expectations for a RelatedPerson resource in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Related Person profile, and applies the additional constraints for use in a patient summary context consistent with the profiling conventions of IPS.
AU PS Smoking Status

This profile sets minimum expectations for an Observation resource that represents a patient’s smoking status in the context of a patient summary in an Australian context. It is based on the AU Core Smoking Status profile, and applies the additional requirements from Observation Social History - Tobacco Use (IPS).

Example: Example Instances

These are example instances that show what data produced and consumed by systems conforming with this implementation guide might look like.

Bundle - Basic summary

Shows an example of a provider curated patient summary that demonstrates no known problems or disabilities, current allergies and intolerances, and current medication use. Example for the AU PS Bundle and AU PS Composition profile. Patient: Mia Leanne Banks.
Bundle - Jeramy’s Patient Summary as of 27 May 2025

Interstate GP use case example. Shows an example of a patient summary authored by the patient’s usual GP that was updated after a recent admission to hospital. Example for the AU PS Bundle and AU PS Composition profile. Patient: Jeramy Ezra Banks.
Bundle - Patient Summary for Joyce Johnson as of 07 NOV 2024 (with digital signature)

Referral to Specialist and Allied Health use case example. Shows an example of a patient summary containing the medical history and current medications that is automatically generated by a clinical information system and includes the most recent information. This example is digitally signed. Example for the AU PS Bundle and AU PS Composition profile. Patient: Joyce Johnson.
Bundle - Patient Summary for Joyce Johnson as of 28 OCT 2024 (with electronic signature)

Referral to Specialist and Allied Health use case example. Shows an example of a patient summary containing the medical history and current medications at the time of referral that was authored by the GP through curation of a generated view of the data within their clinical information system, and was attested at the time of creation of the patient summary and signed electronically. Example for the AU PS Bundle and AU PS Composition profile. Patient: Joyce Johnson.
Bundle - Section empty reason

Shows an example of a software-assembled patient summary that demonstrates the system has no information for the sections: problems, allergies, medications, immunisations. Example for the AU PS Bundle and AU PS Composition profile. Patient: Ronny Lawrence Irvine.