The following standards and related specifications were identified as the recommended approach to support the in-scope requirements. The table lists the summary with the rationale.
Standardization Requirement | Options | Choice | Rationale | |
Consumer Messaging
| AB MR2009 (HL7 v3)Immunization HL7 V3.0 | X | The AB MR2009 specification was designed to meet the in-scope use cases for PRS consumers and conforms with the architectural design of Canada's digital health blueprint. | |
CeRx 4.4 HL7 V3.0 |
| The CeRx specification has been superseded by the Immunizations Specification for vaccine event messaging. | ||
It extends the Canadian specification with the ability to merge and logically delete providers. | ||||
pan-Canadian MR2009 (HL7 v3) |
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PRS XML Messaging | ||||
Consumer Messaging | PRS XML Messaging | X | The PRS XML specification was designed to meet the in-scope use cases for PRS source systems. Although the specification is proprietary to the specific provider registry solution used in Alberta it is relatively straightforward to implement. | |
AB MR2009 (HL7 v3) | ||||
pan-Canadian MR2009 (HL7 v3) | HLv2 | Inconsistent with Canada's blueprint. Not used in Canada. |