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Specification Definition
Defines an information exchange service which allows an initiating Nationwide Health Information Network Node to send one or more documents for a given patient to a receiving node. Unlike Query/Retrieve and Pub/Sub, Document Submission does not require a prior request to retrieve a document or to subscribe to content and is categorized as a “push” transaction.

Transaction Standard
The Document Submission specification recognizes and utilizes the Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Document Reliable Interchange Transaction or HITSP/T31, Version 1.3, specification to enable Document Submission transactions over the Nationwide Health Information Network.