General Information
Background Material
A pan-Canadian Standard is a document or artifact established by a consensus-based standards development process that brings together volunteers and/or seeks out the views of persons who have an interest in the topic covered by this publication.
Pan-Canadian Standards provide the technical language and clinical terminology to enable the thousands of health care providers across the country to communicate and share health information in a consistent, safe and reliable manner. When used in eHealth solutions, these standards:
- support members of the care team to accurately interpret and exchange information needed for safe and effective care
- facilitate clinical decision support for alerts and reminders
- enable data to be aggregated, with appropriate approvals, for clinical research, ultimately leading to better outcomes
The following domains are included in the MR 02.06:
Claims
Claims Standards allow the electronic exchange of health financial data. Claims standards provide the foundation for claims information exchange across the continuum of care and can support a wide range of health care providers including physicians, pharmacists, dentists, physiotherapists, optometrists, chiropractors with managing electronic claims.
Client Registry
Client Registry Standards allow Canadian patients to be uniquely identified across the continuum of care through a jurisdictional Client Registry system. Client Registries are single directories or “white pages” in each province or territory that contain the most accurate patient demographic information including name, age, gender, date of birth and home address.
Common Services
The common services are used across multiple domains including Drug, Lab, Public Health, Shared Health Records, Non-Clinical Registries Privacy and Security and Claims. Our common services include Common Implementation Guides, Terminology Shared Interactions and Data Types.
Drug
The Drug Standards provide physicians, pharmacists and other health care providers with an improved ability to manage complete patient medication profiles across the continuum of care through a jurisdictional Drug Information System. This domain provides support for Prescribing, Dispensing, Adding other medication to a patient's record such as physician samples or over-the-counter medications, Patient medication queries including contraindications that have previously been identified and managed, Drug queries, Checking contraindications such as drug-to-drug interactions, drug-to-allergy interactions or dosage checking and managing prescription status (e.g. prescriptions that are put on hold)
Lab
The Laboratory Standards allow access, management and storage of patient laboratory orders and results across the continuum of care through a jurisdictional Laboratory Informational System. Laboratory results are a critical factor in clinical decision making. Many patients complete tests in different healthcare locations. If online sharing of test information is limited, test results are often duplicated when a patient then visits different healthcare providers. This lack of available laboratory test information limits timely clinical decision making.
Location Registry
Location Registry Standards allow unique identification of locations that deliver patient care across the continuum of care (e.g. hospitals, clinics, physician offices, etc.), through a Service Delivery Location Registry system. The Location Registry is a single directory or “yellow pages” per jurisdiction, providing a comprehensive and unambiguous identification of where health services are provided.
Privacy & Security
Privacy and Security Standards provide a code of practice for information security management. They establish guidelines and general principles for initiating, implementing, maintaining, and improving an organization’s information security management.
Provider Registry
Provider Registry Standards allow unique identification of Canadian health care providers across the continuum of care, through a jurisdictional Provider Registry system. The Provider Registry is a single directory or “yellow pages” per jurisdiction providing a comprehensive and unambiguous identification of participating health care providers (physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care providers). Demographic information includes name, role, gender, Regulatory College license number, and the different locations in which health care providers deliver services.
Public Health
The Public Health Standards allow the identification and management of immunizations through a jurisdictional Public Health Surveillance system. These standards support Public Health Surveillance business practice in the areas of immunization management.
Shared Health
The Shared Health Standards allow support for health records that could be shared across multiple domains. The transactions include: adverse events, allergy, clinical observations, discharge care summary, care compositions, health conditions, professional services, and referral.
Education
Learn more about clinical interoperability and standards through our regularly scheduled webinar series.
More information available on the InfoCentral Event Calendar.
Standards
HL7 Explorer: Browse Pan-Canadian Standards Online
The HL7 Explorer view provides an easy to navigate web based rendering of the pan-Canadian standards.
Downloadable Artifacts
Please note
The scope of the changes in the MR 02.06 release are limited to generated artifacts in the Terminology domain.
Therefore, all links to domains or materials outside of this scope are to artifacts found in the MR 02.05 and MR 02.05.01 releases.
MR 02.06
The following table contains all artifacts updated as part of the scope of the MR 02.06 release.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/9313/=Release_Notes_and_Change_File_MR02.06_-_20160311.zip', caption: 'Release Notes MR02.06 - 20141020', title: 'Release Notes and Change File MR02.06 - 20160311.zip', track: 'file'} }} | Release Notes, and a Terminology Change File. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/9310/=SC-3004-EN_-_Master_Terminology_Worksheet_MR02.06-20160311.xls', caption: 'Master Terminology Worksheet (MTW) MR02.06 - 20160311', title: 'SC-3004-EN - Master Terminology Worksheet MR02.06-20160311.xls', track: 'file'} }} | Master Terminology Worksheet (MTW) is an artifact that specifies the pan-Canadian terminologies developed to support the electronic communication in pan-Canadian standards. |
| {{ url{url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/9309/=DEFN%253DXX%253DVO%253DMR02.06_-_20160311.zip', caption: 'Vocabulary MIFs MR02.06 - 20160311', track: 'file', title: 'DEFN=XX=VO=MR02.06 - 20160311.zip'} }} | Vocabulary MIFs represent the MTW in a computable format which allows computer systems to consume the content. |
MR 02.05.01
The following table contains the most current artifacts for all domains except Terminology. For Terminology domain artifacts, please see the MR 02.06 table above.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8961/=SC-5001-EN__-_Release_Notes_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Release Notes MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-5001-EN__-_Release_Notes_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | Release Notes, Terminology Release Notes, a Change Log and a Terminology Change Log. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8962/=Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_MR_02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Zip of all Provider Registry Artifacts and the Common Services in this release MR_02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_MR_02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | A file that contains all of the artifacts listed below, including the common services artifacts. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/2_Standards/1_pan-Canadian_Standards/Messaging/s_Common_Services_(HL7_v3)/Terminology_-_Current_Releases/MR_02.05.01_-_Terminology', caption: 'Terminology', title: 'Terminology', track: 'link'} }} | This page includes all of the Terminology artifacts for this release, including the Terminology Implementation Guide, the Master Terminology Worksheet, the Vocabulary MIF and the Terminology Reference to Message Models file. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8953/=SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_MIFv1_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Models MIF-1 View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_MIFv1_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains message models in MIF(Model Interchange Format) version 1 format generated from the V3 generator legacy tools. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8954/=SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_MIFv2_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Models MIF-2 View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_MIFv2_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains message models in MIF(Model Interchange Format) version 2 format generated from the V3 legacy tools. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8957/=SC-2004-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_XML_Schemas_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'XML Schemas - MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2004-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_XML_Schemas_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all XML schemas for message types and interactions as well as the core schema files (narrative block, infrastructure root, vocab schema and datatype schema). |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8958/=SC-2005-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Excel_View_XLS_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Message Worksheets - Excel (xls) View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2005-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Excel_View_XLS_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Excel (XLS) format |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8959/=SC-2005-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Table_View_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Message Worksheets - Table View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2005-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Table_View_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Table View format. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8955/=SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_Visio_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Models - Visio View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_Visio_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Visio format. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8956/=SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_Word_View_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', caption: 'Models - Word View MR02.05.01 - 20141020', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Volume_5_Provider_Registry_-_Models_-_Word_View_-_MR02.05.01_-_20141020.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains a business rendering of the message models in Word format. |
MR 02.05
The following table contains the most current artifacts for all domains except Provider Registry and Terminology. For Provider Registry domain artifacts, please see the MR 02.05.01 table above.
Name | Description |
|---|---|
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8490/=SC-5001-EN_-_Release_Notes_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Release Notes - MR02.05 - 2013-12-12', title: 'SC-5001-EN_-_Release_Notes_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | Release Notes, Terminology Release Notes, a Change Log and a Terminology Change File |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/2_Standards/1_pan-Canadian_Standards/Messaging/Common_Services/Common_Implementation_Guides_-_Current_Releases/MR_02.05_-_Common_Implementation_Guides', caption: 'Common Implementation Guides', title: 'Common Implementation Guide Link', track: 'link'} }} | This page includes the Implementation Guides that are common across all domains, including the Overview Implementation Guide and the Infrastructure Implementation Guide. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/2_Standards/1_pan-Canadian_Standards/Messaging/Common_Services/Data_Types_-_Current_Releases/MR_02.05_-_Data_Types', caption: 'Data Type Specification', title: 'Data Type Specification Link', track: 'link'} }} | This page contains the Data Type Specification, a document providing guidance and specifications on data type usage. |
| {{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/2_Standards/1_pan-Canadian_Standards/Messaging/Common_Services/Shared_Interactions_-_Current_Releases/MR_02.05_-_Shared_Interactions', caption: 'Shared Interactions', title: 'Shared Interactions Link', track: 'link'} }} | Shared interactions provide common functionality that is used to support messaging in all domains. These interactions include retracts, polling, broadcast messages, query continuations and accept acknowledgment. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8507/=All_Domains_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'The entire MR02.05 Release (all domains)', title: 'All_Domains_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This is a zip of the entire MR 02.05 Release |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8505/=SC-2006-EN_-_Implementation_Guide_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Implementation Guides - MR02.05 - 2013-12-12', title: 'SC-2006-EN_-_Implementation_Guide_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | The purpose of these documents is to provide implementation, compliance and conformance guidelines for use in developing software that conforms to the pan-Canadian HL7 v3 Message and Terminology Specifications developed through the Standards Collaborative governance process. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8487/=SC-3002-EN_-_Data_Type_Specification_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Data Type Specification - MR02.05 - 2013-12-12', title: 'SC-3002-EN_-_Data_Type_Specification_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | General guidance and specifications on data type usage. |
{{ url{url:' https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8532/=SC-3004-EN_-_Master_Terminology_Worksheet_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.xls', caption: 'Master Terminology Worksheet MR02.05 2013-12-12', track: 'file', title: 'Right click and select Save target as... to download the file'} }} | Master Terminology Worksheet (MTW) is an artifact that specifies the pan-Canadian terminologies developed to support the electronic communication in pan-Canadian standards. |
{{ url{url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8275/=SC-3004-EN_-_Terminology_Reference_to_Message_Models_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.xml', caption: 'Terminology Reference to Message Models - MR02.05 - 20131212', track: 'file', title: 'Right click and select Save target as... to download the file'} }} | This XML file provides information on linkage from concept domains and value sets contained in the Master Terminology Worksheet to where they are referenced in the model attributes within the pan-Canadian static models included in this release. A XML editor/viewing is strongly recommended to be used when viewing this information. |
| {{ url{url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8466/=SC-3004-EN_-_DEFN%253DXX%253DVO%253DMR02.05_-_20131212.zip" title="SC-3004-EN_-_DEFN=XX=VO=MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Vocabulary Model Interchange Format Files (MIFs)- MR02.05 - 20131212', track: 'file', title: 'Right click and select Save target as... to download the file'} }} | Vocabulary MIFs represent the MTW in a computable format which allows computer systems to consume the content. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8496/=SC-2001-EN_Scope_%2526_Tracking_Framework_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Scope and Tracking Framework MR02.05 - 2013-12-12', title: 'SC-2001-EN_Scope_%2526_Tracking_Framework_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This spreadsheet is a pivotal document in that it ties together the scope of the pan-Canadian HL7 v3 Specifications from a transaction perspective, through to interactions and finally to messages. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8499/=SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv2_Remixer_Beta_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Model MIF-2 View Remixer (beta) MR02.05 - 2013-12-12', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv2_Remixer_Beta_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains message models in MIF(Model Interchange Format) version 2 format. These files have been generated from Remixer, our new HL7 messaging development tool. These MIFs are considered beta for this release, but the goal is to only publish Remixer MIFs in future releases. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8497/=SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv1_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Models MIF-1 View - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv1_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains message models in MIF(Model Interchange Format) version 1 format generated from the V3 generator legacy tools. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8498/=SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv2_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Models MIF-2 View -_MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_MIFv2_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains message models in MIF(Model Interchange Format) version 2 format generated from the V3 legacy tools. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8502/=SC-2004-EN_-_XML_Schemas_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'XML Schemas - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2004-EN_-_XML_Schemas_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all XML schemas for message types and interactions as well as the core schema files (narrative block, infrastructure root, vocab schema and datatype schema) |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8503/=SC-2005-EN_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Excel_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Message Worksheets - Excel (xls) View - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2005-EN_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Excel_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Excel (XLS) format |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8504/=SC-2005-EN_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Table_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Message Worksheets - Table View - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2005-EN_-_Message_Worksheets_-_Table_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Table View format. |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8500/=SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_Visio_Models_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Models - Visio View - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_Visio_Models_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains all message models in Visio format |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8501/=SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_Word_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Models - Word View - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-2003-EN_-_Models_-_Word_View_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains a business rendering of the message models in Word format |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8506/=SC-2010-EN_-_Example_Message_Instances_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Example Messages - MR02.05 -20131212', title: 'SC-2010-EN_-_Example_Message_Instances_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains example messages in XML format |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8508/=SC-0009-EN_-_Conformance_Profiles_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Conformance Profiles - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-0009-EN_-_Conformance_Profiles_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | This file contains pan-Canadian Conformance Profiles. These Profiles can be used to guide organizations developing, implementing or testing the Message Specifications |
{{ url{ url: 'https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/@api/deki/files/8488/=SC-0001-EN_-_Standards_Development_Documentation_Framework_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', caption: 'Standards Development Documentation Framework (SDDF) - MR02.05 - 20131212', title: 'SC-0001-EN_-_Standards_Development_Documentation_Framework_-_MR02.05_-_20131212.zip', track: 'file'} }} | Documents the suite of artifacts that make up the pan-Canadian HL7 v3 Message and Terminology Specifications as well as supporting documents |