Standards Selection Guide

Represents a collection of the recommended Standards, Resources, Implementation Guides created to satisfy a specific set of Clinical Requirement at a moment in time, following the discovery process presented in the guidance section of this site.

  • Under Development
  • Pilot
  • Draft For Use
  • Normative
  • Superseded (by...)
  • Retired

Guide Status:

  • Draft
  • Published

June, 2015

Key Contributors

The following individuals/organizations contributed to the creation of the Canadian XDS Affinity Domain Implementation Guide, the basis of the content summarized in this resource:

NameTitleOrganizationContact Information
Ben MacerolaSolution ArchitectCanada Health Infoway[email protected]
Kinson HoArchitectAgfa Healthcare 
Cezary Klimczak CEOLeafsprout Technologies 
Diane Larwood General ManagerMohawk Shared Services 
Chris Lindop Program Manager - InteroperabilityGE Healthcare 
Peter Popowycz ArchitectGTA-w 
Teri Sippel SchimdtBusiness DevelopmentKaros Health 

MaturityNormative
StatusPublished
StandardsIHE, DICOM, HL7® v2, SNOMED-CT
DomainDiagnostic Imaging
JurisdictionNational

 

 

 

 

Purpose

This guide provides an overview of the available standards and a recommended approach to support the Foreign Exam Management requirements as identified below. The intent is to simplify standards selection decisions in future projects and, in turn, to promote standardization of solutions across projects by providing useful information to support decision making in a readily consumable format.

Content in this guide was summarized from the Canadian XDS Affinity Domain Implementation Guide to provide an accessible overview of the standards selected to support the listed Use Cases.

Business Context

Typical Use Cases

Evaluated Standards

Recommended Standards

Implementation Resources

Existing Implementations