Outpatient letter
Allows clinical information to be recorded, exchanged and accessed consistently across care settings for digital outpatient letters.
About this standard
- Publisher
- Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB)
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
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- Is part of
- Transfer of Care Initiative The Transfer of Care initiative has been mandated by the NHS Standard Contract. It includes a group of related standards covering inpatient, emergency care, mental health and outpatient settings.
- Transfer of Care Initiative
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Continuity of care
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Prescribing
- Referrals
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Community health
- Hospital
- Mental health
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside:
- SNOMED CT
- Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.
- Electronic systems both sending and receiving
- Related standards
This standard relates to the group of standards by the PRSB known as the transfer of care standards.
Review Information
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body
Page last updated: 29 August 2024