FHIR® Implementations

Dedicated to the discovery, definition and publishing of HL7® FHIR® Implementation Guides, Conformance, Profiles, Extensions and ValueSets serving the Canadian context.

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Dedicated to the discovery, definition and publishing of HL7® FHIR® Implementation Guides, Conformance, Profiles, Extensions and ValueSets serving the Canadian context.

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HL7 Canada Welcome to the Canadian FHIR implementation community forum. The purpose of this forum is to collaborate on areas of FHIR implementation that will advance implementations across Canada, while contributing to the global adoption of FHIR. The objective is to develop pan-Canadian approaches to constraining and extending FHIR. The community has been active since January 2016 and has been growing ever since!

The community has several streams of activity:

Topical workstreams
Monthly community calls to share workstream progress and other FHIR-related news
A general forum to ask questions and share information

The table below provides more details on the workstream activity:

Workstream	Co-Chairs	Objective	Progress to date
Solution Architecture	Igor Sirkovich (OMHLTC) Ken Sinn (Canada Health Infoway)	Serve as a forum for all architectural questions about implemention of FHIR based solutions Discuss Canadian URI (incl. mapping to OIDs), profiles and extensions	Currently hosting governance calls for the FHIR Profiling Stream
eReferrals	Tim Berezny (CareDove) Caryn Harris (Orion Health)	Build eReferral use cases Prototype eReferral use cases Select Resources to include in Specifications Write preliminary Specifications for broader use	Assembled stakeholders from across the e-referral spectrum to build a community led e-Referral specification. Published an e-referral implementation guide that has been adopted by various integrations across Ontario: https://simplifier.net/guide/ca-on-ereferral-r4-iguide-v0.11.0/Index/Home/Introduction?version=0.11.0
Community Monthly Calls	Gavin Tong (Gevity Inc.) Yaron Derman (eHealth Ontario)	Share progress within the workstreams within the broader FHIR community Identify and promote FHIR education and implementation activities	Informative updates and discussions about FHIR globally and progress across the workstreams Average 17 participants per call.
Canadian Baseline Profiles & Governance	Sheridan Cook (Accenture) Michael Savage (Sunlife)	Create of a set of national FHIR profiles that can be leveraged by implementers and jurisdictions to promote re-use and interoperability Establish a common baseline / starting point for Canadian FHIR Implementations	Organization of workstream into Profiling and Governance Streams, to allow for ample time to explore different types of issues Total of 78 proposed changes to draft Profiles received from FHIR Community Organization of Profiling Stream into sub-streams based on thematic groupings of FHIR Profiles: Entities, Medications, and Clinical Average 10 participants per call Recordings of the CA FHIR Baseline Calls can be found on the following Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm8ff1Z6HoFTzBvcjJg9iRHTrvucbqEEQ
SMART on FHIR Community of Practice	Russell Buchanan (eHealth Centre of Excellence) Raman Dhanoa (Dogwood Health Consulting) Irfan Hakim (Accenture)	Establish a shared foundation for Canadian SMART on FHIR application developers. Serve as a collaborative forum for discussing use-cases, solving SMART on FHIR implementation obstacles, and enabling demonstrations and insights across different provinces.	This group has commenced its discussions centered on SMART Launch contexts and related parameters. The intial use-cases that are being discussed include the Ocean SMART Launch V1.0, SMART Launch v2.0 and Telus Ocean Integration.

The FHIR community forum is a great place to learn, share and collaborate, whether you are new to FHIR or are already have deep FHIR experience.

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FHIR® Implementations

Dedicated to the discovery, definition and publishing of HL7® FHIR® Implementation Guides, Conformance, Profiles, Extensions and ValueSets serving the Canadian context.

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CA Core+ Working Group Kick Off Meeting

CA Core+ defines a foundational set of FHIR profiles, extensions, and terminology artifacts designed to advance healthcare interoperability by standardizing data exchange while also harmonizing existing pan-Canadian and jurisdictional healthcare specifications. Join CA Core+ Working Group We would like to formally extend an invitation to the community to join the working group with the first kick-off meeting on January 12, 2026 at 1pm-2pm Eastern Time . The focus of the first kick off meeting is to learn about CA Core+ and its role in the Canadian FHIR IG landscape. The primary goal for the working group will be to review the latest CA Core+ specification and submit feedback. We are looking for representation from individuals who have an interest in progressing CA Core+ across the digital health landscape in Canada. If you are interested, please join the working group via InfoCentral. How to Join: To join the CA Core+ working group, please follow these steps: 1. If you do not currently have an InfoCentral account, please use this link to register for one: infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/register. If you already have an InfoCentral account, please proceed to step 2. 2. Once you have successfully registered and logged into InfoCentral, on the homepage you will find a banner at the top that includes a section called "Communities". Under “Communities”, you will see the public working groups including CA Core+ in the drop down menu (towards right hand side) 3. Once you click on the CA Core+ working group, you will see a “Join Group” button. 4. From there, under the “Events” of the CA Core+ group you will see details on any upcoming meetings. At this time we are coordinating the first kick off meeting for January 12, 2026. In addition, tabs such as Forum, Documents, etc will be used to post more information about the working group. Please let us know if you have any questions by contacting us at [email protected]. We look forward to your participation in the CA Core+ working group!

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Join the Infoway Webinar on the New Pan-Canadian Conformance Platform

Hi everyone, We’re excited to share that Infoway will be hosting a webinar to introduce the new Pan-Canadian Conformance Platform! The Pan-Canadian Conformance Platform is a centralized national service that enables vendors and jurisdictions to test, validate, and verify their digital health solutions against pan-Canadian interoperability standards. By offering a single, scalable, and consistent testing environment, the Platform helps ensure solutions meet the rigorous technical requirements needed to support seamless care coordination across Canada. Infoway is hosting a live webinar to showcase the Platform’s features, benefits, and upcoming roadmap. Event Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST Register Here: ... We encourage all vendors, jurisdictions, and community partners to join us and learn how this service can support your implementation and testing needs. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].

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Projectathon 2026 – Registration Now Open

Projectathons play a key role in advancing interoperability and driving innovation across Canada’s digital health ecosystem. From February 24–26, 2026, we will host the Pan-Canadian Projectathon, a three-day virtual event where participants from across the country will come together to test, validate, and accelerate the adoption of interoperable digital health solutions. This is a reminder that system registration is now open, and participation is completely free! If your organization plans to join us, please register as soon as possible. Registration Deadline: December 19, 2025 Event Dates: February 24–26, 2026 Registration: Free Register here: ... Participation in the Projectathon offers a valuable opportunity to confirm alignment with national specifications, identify and resolve issues early, collaborate directly with jurisdictions and vendors, and help advance pan-Canadian interoperability. For more information about Projectathon 2026, please visit our .... If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you at Projectathon 2026! :)

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Upcoming Maintenance on the Terminology Service (Dec 4, 17:00 and 18:00 EST)

Hi all, Please be advised that on Thursday, December 4th, between 17:00 and 18:00 EST, Infoway will perform a scheduled maintenance on the ... to migrate production workloads to an updated environment. During this one-hour maintenance period, you may encounter brief service interruptions in ... as we complete the maintenance work. This upgrade is essential to ensure ongoing supportability and to maintain a secure, stable operating environment. Thank you for your understanding as we work to keep our systems current and reliable. If you have any questions, please ....

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Reminder: Canadian FHIR Community call today at 12 PM EST

Meeting Notes: - Erez Shenkerman, Ken Sinn, Joan Harper, Yaron Derman, David Kwan Updates: - Ken presented status updates for the pan-Canadian specifications - Smart Health Links (SHL) initiative is aligning with the IHE project, but that has been on paused, so the SHL is also paused - this year will be a 3 day virtual Projectathon, free for participants - provinces will also be participating with their specifications - CIHI will be participating in the Projectathon - Projectathon prep webinar on Jan 8th - Input for the CIHI CACDI ballot must be submitted before the review closes on Nov 28 https://www.cihi.ca/en/connected-care/canadas-health-data-content-standard-and-architecture The Canadian FHIR Community meeting series is available to download from within the Events Calendar (https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/news-events/event-calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2025/11/26/36230/-/fhir-implementers-quarterly-community-call)

Upcoming events:

Fri Dec 19 @11:00AM - 12:00PM
SMART North Monthly

Fri Dec 19 @ 2:00PM - 03:00PM
CA Baseline Profiles Call

Fri Dec 26 @ 2:00PM - 03:00PM
CA Baseline- Governance Stream

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CA Core+ Working Group Kick Off Meeting 12/15/25

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Join the Infoway Webinar on the New Pan-Canadian Conformance Platform 12/08/25

Sadrina Petit

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Projectathon 2026 – Registration Now Open 12/02/25

Helen Wu

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Upcoming Maintenance on the Terminology Service (Dec 4, 17:00 and 18:00 EST) 11/28/25

YARON DERMAN

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Reminder: Canadian FHIR Community call today at 12 PM EST 11/26/25

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Reminder: Canadian FHIR Community call today at 12 PM EST 11/26/25

Hi Yaron, wondering if these are pre-scheduled meetings. If so, it's ideal to get the notification before the day of the event. Do you know when the next quarterly call is?

YARON DERMAN

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Reminder: Canadian FHIR Community call today at 12 PM EST 11/26/25

Good Morning! A reminder about today's Canadian FHIR Community quarterly touchbase taking place at 12 PM EST. The meeting is a forum to get updates about ongoing FHIR -based standards initiatives and we welcome the opportunity to learn about n...

Russ Buchanan

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SMART North call on November 21st is cancelled 11/20/25

Hello SMART North Community. Tomorrow’s SMART North call is cancelled due to a scheduling challenge. Please plan is to reconnect and continue the dialog about SMART on FHIR and the role of our community before the holiday on December 19th. See you...

Sheridan Cook

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CA Baseline Gov Calls becoming Profiling until Jan 2026 11/14/25

We will be using the Governance Calls between now and January 2026 as profiling calls. We discussed that many dependencies on the governance agenda and decided to allow HL7 Canada time to work through some details on balloting while we work through t...

Ken Sinn

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StructureDefinition.version in the IG 11/10/25

Firefly has told us that version-linking (as an automated feature) is a common request, so that is on their roadmap for release. I'm not sure if that applies to just ValueSet and CodeSystem, or also to Profiles. Currently to do so to date has been...

Elliot Silver

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StructureDefinition.version in the IG 11/10/25

Hi Erik, Yes, version should be populated in the conformance resources (profiles, extensions, valuesets, etc.) in an IG. Depending on the tooling used to create the implementation guide, this can be done automatically (along with selecting to...

Linda Monico

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IHE Devices Technical Framework Supplement Published for Trial Implementation 11/10/25

The IHE Devices Technical Committee has published the following updated Technical Framework Supplement for trial implementation as of November 7, 2025: • Service-oriented Device Point-of-Care Interoperability (SDPi) - Rev. 2.2 The profiles cont...

Linda Monico

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IHE Devices Technical Framework Supplement Published, Trial Implementation 11/10/25

The IHE Devices Technical Committee has published the following updated Technical Framework Supplement for trial implementation as of November 6, 2025: • Point-of-Care Identity Management (PCIM) - Rev. 2.3 The profile contained within the above...

Erik Uittien

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StructureDefinition.version in the IG 11/07/25

Hi, I saw that most of the releases of IG do not contain the version for each of the profiles. I was wondering if there was a general guidance that prevented populating them. Here is an example: 1- For composition-ca-ps 1.0.0 : https://simpl...

Helen Wu

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IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework Supplement Published 11/04/25

Hi all, The IT Infrastructure Technical Committee has published the following new Technical Framework Supplement for public comment in the period from October 31 through December 2 , 2025: • Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD) - Release 5.0....

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