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Table of Contents
Introduction
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 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.
Participants
Vendors and jurisdictions who are planning to implement the PS-CA Specifications are invited to participate in the Projectathon. In addition, any interested party that has Patient Summaries in their future roadmap are welcome to participate.
By participating in the Projectathon, you will:
- 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 products;
- Identify dependencies and integration challenges;
- Interact with the jurisdictional teams that will ultimately use your products;
- Ensure quality for the benefit of clinicians and patients;
- Accelerate your 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 prepare for practical applications of the PS-CA Specifications.
Approach
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.
The Projectathon event is organized by Infoway with support from a world leader organization in the space - IHE Catalyst.
Preparation and Requirements
In preparation for the Projectathon, Infoway and IHE Catalyst will:
- 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 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 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
Interoperability Specifications
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
Participants are required to register for the Projectathon via the Gazelle test platform. The registration period will be open from January 20 - February 11, 2022. A registration webinar will be held on January 20, 2022 at 11AM ET. This webinar will include 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
For successful participation in the Projectathon, pre-Projectathon tests and connectivity tests are important.
The purpose of the Pre-Projectathon tests are to help vendors:
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. 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 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 |
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.
Tools
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 Sheet
Below is a short information sheet to support your registration for the Projectathon:
Get Support
Technical Manager | Souleymane THIAM - [email protected] |
InfoCentral Collaboration Group | Patient Summaries Working Group |
Projectathon Schedule
Important Dates and Events
Key Dates | Activity and Overview |
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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. |
February 17 | Pre-Projectathon Testing Webinar
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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 |