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Proposal would be to remove .education from Immunization and to document (at a very high and vague level) that Communication may be a viable method for exchanging the details of giving educational materials to the patient/guardian but that we welcome input on how to best do this
Craig will circulate the proposed disposition to the HL7 vaccination listserv and will get it on the agenda for next week's HL7 Public Health WG call (Thursday afternoon) for formal resolution
