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The first pan-Canadian Projectathon was held in March 2022 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. Details about this event are available in the pan-Canadian Projectathon Final Report.
The March 2023 Projectathon will be dedicated to supporting Patient Summary implementation projects across Canada.
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On October 17th, 2022, the Specifications package was approved by the Interoperability Executive Table to be adopted and used by jurisdictions and vendors for Trial Implementation*. |
The PS-CA is based on and is closely aligned to the IPS. It addresses both the content of a well formed Patient Summary document using the FHIR standard version 4.0.1, as well as the exchange mechanisms as listed in the Reference Architecture. Version 1.0.0 TI of the specification package has been updated to offer guidance towards a secure, access-controlled exchange of documents over the internet.
The Specifications package for the Projectathon 2023 includes the:
- pan-Canadian Patient Summary Specifications: PS-CA v1.0.0 TI; and two supporting specifications:
- pan-Canadian FHIR Exchange: CA:FeX v1.0.0 TI
- Reference Architecture: RA v0.1.1 DFT
The *The Trial Implementation maturity-level designation indicates that a specification is deemed ready for trial implementation in production systems for limited scale projects to meet a health care interoperability need. It has been cycled through public open review periods with jurisdictions and industry partners with all feedback dispositioned, changes incorporated and where appropriate, backlog items identified for a future release. A TI designated specification has been tested and validated, at a Projectathon, where implementers collaborate to test their solutions using methodologies and tools that accelerate interoperability and verify that the specification is deemed ready for trial implementation. Trial implementation is one step closer in the evolution of a final specification, when it is deemed ready for certification. |
The Specifications package for the Projectathon 2023 includes:
- pan-Canadian Patient Summary Specifications: PS-CA v1.0.0 TI
- based on and is closely aligned to the IPS
- addresses both the content of a well formed Patient Summary document using the FHIR standard version 4.0.1, as well as the exchange mechanisms as listed in the Reference Architecture
- updated to offer guidance towards a secure, access-controlled exchange of documents over the internet
And two supporting specifications:
- pan-Canadian FHIR Exchange: CA:FeX v1.0.0 TI
- Reference Architecture: RA v0.1.1 DFT
Testing & Tools Overview
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Vendors will have an opportunity to test and demonstrate capabilities in two distinct areas of the specification:
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