### AU Patient Summary Target Release Time frames
Patient Summary R1 (& AU Core R2) Target Release Timeline:
* Intermediate draft snapshots from December 2024 and for each HL7 AU Connectathon
* R1 Ballot for Comment in the August/September 2025 cycle
* R1 Ballot for Working Standard in the February/March 2026 cycle, published by June 2026
* Continued updates on a yearly / 15-monthly cycle from then on

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*Figure 1: AU Patient Summary R1 Target Release Time Frame*
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Future updates of AU Patient Summary updates would reflect changes to:
 - Australian Core Data for Interoperability (AUCDI)
 - AU Core
 - International Patient Summary
 - requests from the AU FHIR community
 
### AU Patient Summary R1 Development process
The first release of AU Patient Summary is an 18 month process from HL7 AU proposal to publication of the first release, outlined in the figure below:

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*Figure 2: AU Patient Summary R1 Development process*
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#### Maturing the Baseline
The approach to develop and mature AU Patient Summary is outlined below making reference to the [FHIR Maturity Level (FMM) levels](https://build.fhir.org/ig/hl7au/au-fhir-base/generalguidance.html#maturity-levels) is shown in the figure below.

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*Figure 3: Maturing the AU Patient Summary baseline*
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### Future Candidate Requirements Under Consideration
The following items are under consideration to add to AU Patient Summary.

TBD.