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The first pan-Canadian Projectathon was held from March 21-23, 2022. This page provides introductory information about the approach, participants and requirements. For information about the Projectathon agenda, daily reports and session webinars, please visit the Schedule: Projectathon 2022 page. To read the pan-Canadian Projectathon - Final Report, please visit the Connectathons, Projectathons, Prototyping, and Validation The information on this page is dynamically updated as the collaboration activities are progressing with the market place and jurisdictional partners. As a result, the content is expected to change very frequently. If interested in participating please bookmark this page and/or use the Watch capability at the top of this page. |
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Introduction
Objective
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The objective of the first pan-Canadian Projectathon is was 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 document repository.
The aims of the Projectathon are were 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.
Participants
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Vendors and jurisdictions who are planning planned to implement the PS-CA Specifications are were invited to participate in the Projectathon. In addition, any interested party that has Patient Summaries in their future roadmap are were welcome to participate.
By participating in Participants of the Projectathon , you willwere able to:
- Have the opportunity to be an early adopter and an influencer of the final specification;
- Gain a better understanding of the expected integration patterns for your their products;
- Identify dependencies and integration challenges;
- Interact with the jurisdictional teams that will ultimately use your their products;
- Ensure quality for the benefit of clinicians and patients;
- Accelerate your their readiness for implementation;
- Save time and money through a harmonized pan-Canadian approach;
- Get familiar with the validation/testing processes and tools; and
- Help achieve our collective goals of developing a quality national standard.
Additionally, through participation in the Projectathon, participants can were able to prepare for practical applications of the PS-CA Specifications.
Approach
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A suite of virtual tools, collectively referred to as Gazelle, will be were deployed to support athe 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.
The Projectathon event is was organized by Infoway with support from a world leader organization in the space - IHE Catalyst.
Preparation and Requirements
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In preparation for the Projectathon, Infoway and IHE Catalyst will:
- Host three Hosted training webinars;
- Develop Developed a FHIR document viewer;
- Deploy Deployed an OpenAPI browser for both interface specifications (MHD and CA:FeX);
- Work with participants to develop a clinical scenario that will identify Developed clinical scenarios that identified the required test data for the Projectathon;
- Offer Offered helpdesk support prior to and during the Projectathon; and
- Publish Published a report on learnings after the Projectathon.
Participant requirements for participation in the Projectathon include:
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Vendor
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Jurisdiction
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Register for event, including signing a Participation Agreement
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Attend 3 training webinars
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Complete connectivity testing
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Participants were required to:
- Register for the event
- Attend training webinars
- Review training materials
- Complete pre-Projectathon and connectivity testing
- Validate test cases and clinical scenarios
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- Integrate to Gazelle platform
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- Create test records
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- Implement APIs
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- Prototype FHIR transactions
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- Prototype the PS-CA FHIR document
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- Prototype export of FHIR document
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Interoperability Specifications
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pan-Canadian Patient Summary (PS-CA) The PS-CA Interoperability Bundle is comprised of the following specification documents that may be accessed here. | Revision | Revision date |
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pan-Canadian Patient Summary Interoperability Specifications (PS-CA Specifications)
| 0.2 | January 28, 2022 |
pan-Canadian Patient Summary – FHIR Implementation Guide
| 0.2 | January 28, 2022 |
pan-Canadian Patient Summary - Companion Guide to Use Cases & Definitions
| 0.2 | January 28, 2022 |
pan-Canadian Patient Summary - Companion Guide to Reference Architecture
| 0.2 | January 28, 2022 |
| pan-Canadian FHIR Exchange (CA:FeX) The CA:FeX specification may be accessed here. | Revision | Revision Date |
| 0.1 | January 28, 2022 |
In addition to the PS-CA Interoperability Bundle, you may wish to review this diagram which provides a high-level view of relevant Integration Profiles to support the PS-CA project. This view contains a superset of profiles that offer alternatives to exchanging Patient Summaries, depending on Jurisdictional service type and availability. Mandatory and optional capability support is described in the sequence diagrams associated with each Use Case analysis.
Registration
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Participants are were required to register for the Projectathon via the Gazelle test platform. The registration period will be was open from January 20 - February 1121, 2022. A registration webinar will be was held on January 20, 2022 at 11AM ET. This This webinar will include included an overview of the:
- Scope of the Projectathon, including profiles and use cases
- Gazelle tool
- Registration in Gazelle
- How the Projectathon will be organized
- Relevant documentation, including specifications and training materials
Click here to register to Gazelle Test Management.
Pre-Projectathon Preparations
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For successful participation in the Projectathon, pre-Projectathon tests and connectivity tests are important.
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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 was open from February 14 17 - March 11, 2022. A Pre-Projectathon Test webinar will be was held on February 1417, 2022 at 11AM ET. During this webinar, participants will be were shown how to access and use Gazelle in order to perform the tests.
The profiles that will be were tested during the Projectathon arewere:
| 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 |
In addition to the pre-Projectathon tests, there will be was a Connectivity Testing period between February 25 from March 1 - March 11, 2022. The purpose of the a 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 was held on February 25March 1, 2022 at 11AM ET.
Tools
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Gazelle Testing Platform
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.
Tool Connection Details
Below are the connection details for the testing tool hosted in the testing environment. All tools can be accessed at this IP address: 149.202.25.56.
REQUIRED ACTORS
Participants must play the role of one of the required actors from the table below.
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MHD* Provide Document Bundle [ITI-65]
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MHD* Find Document Lists [ITI-66]
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CA:FeX* Search FHIR Bundle [CA:FeX-2]
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OPTIONAL ACTORS
Participants may also choose to play the role of any of the optional actors from the table below,
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PDQm Patient Demographic Consumer
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PDQm Mobile Patient Demographics Query [ITI-78]
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Testing Tools
To support participants' Pre-Projectathon testing, the following tools were developed:
- An OpenAPI User Interface for the PS-CA APIs, including the MHD and the CA:FeX options
- A PS-CA FHIR Renderer used to visualize PS-CA FHIR bundles provided as JSON structured data
A review of these tools was presented during the Overview of Tools Webinar on February 25, 2022 at 11AM ET.
Information Sheets and Videos
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Below you will find some information to support registration
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ATNA* Node Authentication [ITI-19]
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SVCM* Query Value Set [ITI-95]
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Information Sheets
Below are short information sheets to support your preparation for the Projectathon:
- How to create your account
- How to register your systems system for the event
- How to complete your Participation Agreement
- Sharing SUT configurations and connectivity tests
- Projectathon event
Get Support
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Projectathon Schedule
Important Dates and Events
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Key Dates
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Activity and Overview
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January 20
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Participant Registration Webinar
This webinar will include an overview of the:
- The scope of the Projectathon, including profiles and use cases
- Gazelle tool
- Registration in Gazelle
- How the Projectathon will be organized
- Relevant documentation, including specifications and training materials
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January 20 – February 11
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Participant registration will be open from January 20 – February 11.
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February 14
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Pre-Projectathon Testing Webinar
This webinar will provide detailed information on:
- Gazelle, including Gazelle Test Manager, simulators and validators
- Pre-Projectathon Testing, including objectives, requirements, and test processes
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February 14 – March 11
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Pre-Projectathon testing will occur between February 14 – March 11.
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February 25
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Connectivity Testing Webinar
This webinar will address the objectives, requirements and test processes for the connectivity testing.
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February 25 – March 11
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Connectivity testing will occur between February 25 – March 11.
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March 21 – March 23
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Projectathon Event
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| Support Type | Contact Information |
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| Questions, Issues, Comments related to the Projectathon | InfoCentral Collaboration Group for Patient Summaries - Topic: Projectathon March 2022 Support |
| Training Recordings | https://moodle.pancanadianio.ca |
| Moodle Account Access | Contact [email protected] with subject line "Projectathon" |
Projectathon Calendar
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