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The objective of the first pan-Canadian Projectathon is to test and improve the quality of the pan-Canadian Patient Summary Interoperability Specifications (PS-CA Specifications) to ensure they are implementable, testable and meet expectations. The PS-CA supports several implementation patterns including MHD and a new Canadian National integration profile called CA:FeX. The CA:FeX supports saving and retrieving clinical data to and from a central FHIR document repository.
The aims of the Projectathon are to identify potential issues in the basic specifications, give implementers a chance to test their implementations in live environments, and strengthen implementation guidelines and standards in the health sector. Infoway views this as a preliminary event before any conformity assessment, quality label or certification process.
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A suite of virtual tools, collectively referred to as Gazelle, will be deployed to support a free, 3-day remote testing event from March 21-23, 2022. Gazelle provides jurisdictions and vendors an opportunity to validate the role they will be playing in an ecosystem and ensure they are able to satisfy the interoperability requirements. Furthermore, Gazelle offers several self-serve, self-test and innovation opportunities for jurisdictions and vendors to test their alignment to the represented integration profiles.
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- Host three training webinars;
- Develop a FHIR document viewer;
- Deploy an OpenAPI browser for both interface specifications (MHD and CA:FeX);
- Work with participants to develop a clinical scenario scenarios that will identify the required test data for the Projectathon;
- Offer helpdesk support prior to and during the Projectathon; and
- Publish a report on learnings after the Projectathon.
Participants will be required to:
- Register for the event, including completing Terms of Participation
- Attend 3 training webinars
- Complete pre-Projectathon and connectivity testing
- Validate test cases and clinical scenarios
- Integrate to Gazelle platform
- Create test records
- Implement APIs
- Prototype FHIR transactions
- Prototype the PS-CA FHIR document
- Prototype export of FHIR document
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Participants are required to register for the Projectathon via the Gazelle test platform. The registration period will be open from January 20 - February 1117, 2022. A registration webinar will be held on January 20, 2022 at 11AM ET. This This webinar will include an overview of the:
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Test their IHE profile implementation in their system using the virtual systems in Gazelle (simulators) to find and fix issues;
Improve the quality of their tests prior to the Projectathon; and
Help familiarize themselves with the Gazelle tool prior to the Projectathon, including how to access and use Gazelle simulators to perform the tests.
The Pre-Projectathon Test period will be open from February 17 - March 11, 2022. A Pre-Projectathon Test webinar will be held on February 17, 2022 at 11AM ET. During this webinar, participants will be shown how to access and use Gazelle in order to perform the tests. The profiles that will be tested during 7the the Projectathon are:
| Profile | Actor |
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| CA:FeX | Data Source |
| Data Consumer | |
| Data Recipient | |
| Data Responder | |
| MHD | Document Source |
| Document Consumer | |
| Document Recipient | |
| Document Responder | |
| PDQm | Patient Demographic Consumer |
| PIXm | Patient Identifier Cross-reference Consumer |
| PMIR | Patient Identifier Registry |
| IUA | Authorization Client |
| Resource Server | |
| Authorization Server (Authorization Broker) | |
| ATNA | Service Node / Service Application (SN/SA) |
| Audit Repository | |
| CT | Time Client |
| Time Server | |
| XDM | Portable Media Creator |
| Portable Media Importer | |
| XDS | Document Source |
| Document Consumer | |
| Document Repository | |
| Document Registry | |
| SVCM | Terminology Consumer |
| Terminology Repository |
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In addition to the pre-Projectathon tests, there will be a Connectivity Testing period between February 25 - March 11, 2022. The purpose of the Connectivity Testing period is to check, in advance, whether participants' systems are configured and ready to communicate with other vendor systems during the Projectathon event. A Connectivity Testing webinar will be held on February 25, 2022 at 11AM ET.
Tools
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The pan-Canadian Interoperability Gazelle Platform is available at https://pancanadianIO.ca. From the home page, you may access the documentation for various support tools, test tools, and utilities, by clicking on the respective PDF icon.
Information Sheets and Videos
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Below is a short information sheet you will find some information to support your registration for the Projectathon:
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| Technical Manager | Souleymane THIAM - [email protected] |
| InfoCentral Collaboration Group | Patient Summaries Working Group |
| Training Recordings | https://moodle.pancanadianio.ca |
| Moodle Account Access | Samantha Zaffino - [email protected] |
Projectathon Schedule
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Important Dates and Events
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Key Dates | Activity and Overview | Preparation Required |
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January 20 | Participant Registration Webinar This webinar will include an overview of the:
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January 20 – February 17 | Participant registration will be open from January 20 – February 17. For more information on how to register your system, watch this webinar recording. | |
February 17 | Pre-Projectathon Testing Webinar
| By February 17th, you will need to:
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February 17 – March 11 | Pre-Projectathon testing will occur between February 17 – March 11. | |
February 25 | Connectivity Testing Webinar | |
February 28 – March 11 | Connectivity testing will occur between February 28 – March 11. | |
March 21 – March 23 | Projectathon Event |
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