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Guidance for Existing and New Implementers
New Implementers This : This is an older version of the “MR” Pharmacy, Share Health Record, and Immunization domains message and terminology artifacts. A new implementer is one that has not implemented any of the pan-Canadian HL7 messaging standards into their environment. If you are looking to implement messaging and terminology artifacts in one or more of the above domains, you are strongly encouraged to begin with the latest release of the Terminology Worksheet from the “MR” series, associated HL7 messaging standards and supporting documents.
Existing Implementers: Existing implementers are those that have implemented one or more of the pan-Canadian HL7 messaging standards into their environment. Careful consideration of the impact of the changes associated with this release must be reviewed when planning to upgrade from a previous release. All changes associated with the artifacts in use must be reviewed and considered.
Implementations that have implemented a single HL7 domain specific messaging standard and are now adding new domains will want to consider ensuring that the content for both domains is compatible (e.g. upgrade the existing domain to the latest version, implement a compatible previous version or ensure the most recent version is compatible with the existing domain version).
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