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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. For more information, please visit the pan-Canadian Patient Summary (PS-CA) page.

How do I provide feedback on the specifications?

Specific comments and questions related to the PS-CA specifications or to the Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture should be made via the Infoway Infodesk: [email protected]

Options for commenting on the PS-CA Specifications and the Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture:

• You may download the PS-CA specifications and Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture in PDF format from the corresponding Release page (refer to the links above). Using the PDF Comments feature, add your comments directly to the PDF, Save and attach to the email.
• You may review the PS-CA Specifications and Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture online from the corresponding Release page (refer to the links above). Create our own document of questions (e.g., using MS Word) and attach the document to the email.

General comments and questions related to the pan-Canadian Patient Summary Specifications or the Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture can be submitted in the InfoCentral Patient Summary Working Group Forum. A team of subject matter experts will be available to review and reply to your comments/questions.

Will there be information webinars?

Yes, there will be informational webinars for the pan-Canadian Patient Summary Specifications and Proposed pan-Canadian Reference Architecture 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.

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.