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What is the PS-CA?
The Patient Summary-CA is:
an electronic patient summary for use at the point of care comprised of, at minimum, the required elements of the Patient Summary-CA data set and specifications.
a health record extract, at a snapshot in time, comprised of a standardized collection of clinical and contextual information (retrospective, concurrent, prospective), including the minimum necessary and sufficient data to inform a patient's treatment at the point of care.
condition-independent and specialty-agnostic, irrespective of the condition of the patient or the treatment sought or specialty of the provider delivering care.
The PS-CA Interoperability Bundle includes four documents, providing the details of an implementable, testable Patient Summary-CA specification, based on the IHE International Patient Summary (IPS) specification. To learn more, go here.
What is the CA:FeX?
The CA:FeX Interoperability Specifications (Canadian FHIR Exchange (CA:FeX)) seek to promote FHIR RESTful exchange patterns, developed by industry-leading FHIR standards that can be applied on top of an existing non-FHIR infrastructure just as easily as it can be applied on top of FHIR servers. To learn more, go here.
How do I participate in the conversations and ask questions about the PS-CA and/or CA:FeX?
We invite you to join in on the conversations about the PS-CA and CA:FeX by joining the Patient Summaries Working Group on InfoCentral. If you do not yet have an InfoCentral account, please register for an account and then Join the Patient Summaries Working Group, located in the menu under Communities | Working Groups.
How do I provide feedback on the PS-CA specifications?
Details about how to provide feedback on:
- PS-CA v0.1 can be found here: PS-CA v0.1 Draft
- PS-CA v0.2 can be found here: PS-CA v0.2 Draft
How do I provide feedback on the CA:FeX specifications?
Details about how to provide feedback on:
- CA:FeX v0.1 can be found here: CA:FeX v0.1 Draft
What is a Projectathon?
A Projectathon, one step of the complete testing process, is a best-practice collaborative approach where implementers test specifications and solutions using IHE Methodology and Tools to accelerate interoperability. For more information, please visit the PS-CA Prototyping and Validation page.
Will there be information webinars?
Yes, there will be informational webinars for the pan-Canadian Patient Summary Specifications, pan-Canadian FHIR Exchange Specifications and the March 2022 Projectathon to provide additional guidance and opportunities for discussion. These webinars will be posted in InfoCentral Patient Summary Events calendar. When new events are added to the calendar, Infoway will create a post in the Patient Summary Working Group Forum to notify you. Please ensure you are subscribed to Notifications to receive updates via your email.