--- sourceDocument: brazil Combined Product Files sourceDocumentLink: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/delta-yokohama-brazil Release : - brazil ft:locale : - en-US ft:publication_title : - brazil Combined Product Files ft:clusterId : - delta3by bundleId : - delta3by --- # Combined Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil # Combined Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil {#ariaid-title1} Release version: Brazil Updated October 8, 2026 ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 6 minutes to read Summarize ![AI sparkle icon](https://servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ai-sparkle-icon) Summarized using AI This content was generated using new OpenAI-powered functionality. Results are provided on an as is basis and are not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. ## Summary of Combined Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT Release Notes for Upgrades from Yokohama to Brazil This consolidated release note summarizes the key updates, new features, changes, and activation information for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT across ServiceNow releases from Yokohama through Brazil. It is designed to assist ServiceNow customers in preparing for upgrades and understanding enhancements specific to healthcare IT support operations. Show full answer Show less ## Important Upgrade Information * **Pre- and post-upgrade tasks:** Customers should review and complete necessary upgrade tasks before moving to Brazil. * **Australia release:** Introduces enhanced security for read-only fields on the ServiceNow AI Platform with a new granular control field called `readonlyoption`, which maintains backward compatibility. This strengthens instance security while preserving flexibility. Customers with feature administrator roles gain expanded task completion capabilities previously limited to broader administrator roles. * **Brazil release:** No updates or changes were introduced. ## New Features Across Releases * **Yokohama:** * Expanded healthcare IT case overview to support custom IT support requests. * Care Team Portal now allows submitting IT support requests via pre-configured record producers. * Synchronization between Healthcare IT cases and incident records enables full visibility and streamlined fulfillment by IT support teams. * **Zurich:** * Enhanced roles and responsibilities with new user roles such as Support Department Agent and Manager for more selective access control. * **Australia:** * Introduction of ServiceNow AI Platform licensing tiers (Foundation, Advanced, Prime) that govern access to AI capabilities and workflows. * Support request creation through conversational AI via Now Assist in Virtual Agent, applicable for healthcare IT, biomed, facilities, and environmental services. * Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables case creation over the phone, requiring installation of the specific Care Team Operations plugin for the request type. * **Brazil:** No new features introduced. ## Changes, Removed Features, and Deprecations No changes, removals, or deprecations of features for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT were noted between Yokohama and Brazil releases. ## Activation and Installation Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT is available exclusively through the ServiceNow Store. Installation requires submitting a request via the ServiceNow Store portal. Customers can review cumulative release notes and version history on the ServiceNow Store website for additional details. ## Additional Notes * No updates were recorded for additional system requirements, browser compatibility, accessibility, or localization considerations across the covered releases. * Highlighted functionalities emphasize automation of healthcare IT support request creation and fulfillment, enhanced role assignments, conversational AI support for case creation, and security improvements. ## What Customers Can Expect * Improved ability to create and manage healthcare IT support cases directly within Care Team Operations. * Enhanced visibility and synchronization between healthcare IT cases and incident management for efficient resolution. * More granular control over user roles and permissions within healthcare organizations. * Access to AI-powered conversational interfaces for support request creation, including virtual agent chat and voice capabilities. * Stronger security controls for read-only data fields, improving instance protection without limiting functionality. * Streamlined activation process through the ServiceNow Store. Consolidated page of all release notes for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT from Yokohama to Brazil. ## How to use this page To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Brazil. Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release." ## Important information for upgrading Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT to Brazil Before you upgrade to Brazil, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__2} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | Upgrade information : The Australia release introduces enhanced protections for read‑only fields across the ServiceNow AI Platform®. These changes include a new "read_only_option" field with granular control levels, including "strict_read_only" and "client_script_modifiable". The changes occur in the back end and maintain backward‑compatible behavior. This update helps strengthen your instance security while preserving the flexibility you need. Refer to [KB2718122](https://support.servicenow.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB2718122) for additional technical details on how to identify affected fields and adjust their settings. For more information about granular read-only security options, see [Configuring read-only security options](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=read-only-option&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). If you have the feature administrator role you can now complete tasks that were initially reserved for users with the broader administrator role. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## New features Between your current release family and Brazil, new features were introduced for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__12} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | [Healthcare IT case overview](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcl-cto-it-case&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Expand healthcare cases to support custom support requests for your organization's IT department. [Care Team Portal IT requests](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=requesting-cto-it&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Request support from your organization's IT department with pre-configured record producers. [Healthcare IT cases and incident synchronization](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=fulfilling-cto-it&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) : Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT links Healthcare IT cases and incidents, enabling care teams to get visibility into all IT cases reported by their team while also providing IT support teams with the ability to fulfill cases as incidents | | Zurich | [Setting up roles and responsibilities in Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hco-it-set-up-roles-responsibilities&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) : Roles and responsibilities are updated to allow for more selective user access. The following responsibilities were added: * Support department agent * Support department manager Users can be assigned these responsibilities in the Edit member related list within healthcare organizations. | | Australia | [ServiceNow product tiers](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=ai-native-sku-overview&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available: * Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights * Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases * Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents. [Create support requests using Now Assist in Virtual Agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-agentic-ai-use-cases&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : Create support requests for healthcare IT, biomed, facilities, or environmental services departments through Now Assist in Virtual Agent conversationally. This workflow resolves missing or unclear details through clarifying questions and validates the request using the Care team operations case Intake and Care team operations case Creation AI agents and is available in Care Team Portal and Care Team Mobile. [Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hco-now-assist-voice-agent&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) : The Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables care team members to create cases conversationally over the phone. Note: For the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent to create cases, the Care Team Operations plugin for cases of that request type must be installed. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Changes Between your current release family and Brazil, some changes were made to existing Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT features. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__22} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Removed Between your current release family and Brazil, some Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT features or functionality were removed. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__32} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Deprecations Between your current release family and Brazil, some Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT features or functionality were deprecated. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__42} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Activation information Review information on how to activate Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__52} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | Activation information : Install Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Zurich | Activation information : Install Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Australia | Activation information : Install Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=sn-store-release-notes&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US). Important: Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Additional requirements If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__62} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Browser requirements If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__72} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Accessibility information Review details on accessibility information for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT, such as specific requirements or compliance levels. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__82} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Localization information If there are specific localization considerations for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__92} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | No updates for this release. | | Zurich | No updates for this release. | | Australia | No updates for this release. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ] ## Highlight information If there are specific highlight considerations for Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT we have noted them here. {#dfrn3-careteamoperationsforhealthcareit-summary__entry__102} | Release | Release notes | |-|-| | Yokohama | * Automate healthcare operations by enabling IT support request creation and fulfillment. * Create IT support requests from directly within the Care Team Portal. * Gain full visibility into reported IT cases while enabling IT teams to manage and fulfill them as incidents efficiently. See [Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-cto-it-app&family=yokohama&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Zurich | Assign roles and responsibilities more efficiently with an updated user configuration process. See [Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-cto-it-app&family=zurich&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Australia | * Use the conversational abilities of Now Assist in Virtual Agent in Care Team Portal or Care Team Mobile to create requests for support departments. * Leverage the Care Team Operations Case Creation AI voice agent enables to create cases conversationally over the phone. * Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT has received security enhancements in the Australia release. See [Care Team Operations for Healthcare IT](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=hcls-cto-it-app&family=australia&ft:locale=en-US) for more information. | | Brazil | No updates for this release. | [ ]