Proposed changes to HealthcareProviderRoleType subset

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback. We will be taking your suggestion regarding the PractitionerSpecialty subset into consideration. Any updates will be provided in the forum once we have completed our community engagement period.

Regards,
Marie Tran

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for suggesting the additional disciplines. The sub-specialty concepts are currently out-of-scope for our proposed list. We will take these disciplines into consideration for future updates.

Regards,
Marie Tran

Those entries (specialty) belong under the PractitionerSpecialty Subset
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or
ProviderRoleCode
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and
should ideally be referenced using SNOMED codes.

The HealthcareProviderRoleType includes the types of professionals (usually regulated by a licensing body). example Medical Doctor, Pharmacist, Social Worker etc

They are totally difference concepts.

I suggest that Neonatologist, Paediatric Surgeon and Child Psychiatrist be added to the list. These disciplines are sufficiently different from the parent terms (Paediatrician, Surgeon and Psychiatrist) that they warrant their own listing.

Andrew James MBChB FRCPC
Toronto

CIHI is proposing the addition of medical specialists to the ‘HealthcareProviderRoleType’ subset, which is associated with the Provider Type data element in the Pan-Canadian Primary Health Care EMR Minimum Data Set, version 1.1 .

The proposed changes include the addition of approximately 40 medical specialist concepts such as Pediatrician, Dermatologist and others. The additions are in alignment with medical specialties defined by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Canadian Medical Association. The purpose of this update is to have a more inclusive subset to identify who is providing care using the existing implementation of the HealthcareProviderRoleType subset and to improve alignment with other standards.

Before moving ahead with the proposed additions, we would like to confirm whether there are any questions or concerns from the HTC community. Please reply to this post or contact CIHI’s Primary Health Care Information team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions or concerns. We would appreciate feedback from the community before May 6th.

List of proposed codes and concepts to be added to HealthcareProviderRoleType

ANES - Anesthesiologist
CRSG - Cardiac surgeon
CARD - Cardiologist
CRCM - Critical Care medicine specialist
DERM - Dermatologist
EMSP - Emergency medicine specialist
ENDO - Endocrinologist
FAM - Family physician
GAST - Gastroenterologist
GNSG - General surgeon
GEMD - Geriatric medicine specialist
HEM - Hematologist
IDIS - Infectious disease specialist
IMSP - Internal medicine specialist
MDBI - Medical biochemist
MDGN - Medical geneticist
MDMI - Medical microbiologist
NEPH - Nephrologist
NEUR - Neurologist
NUSG - Neurosurgeon
NMSP - Nuclear medicine specialist
OBGY - Obstetrician-Gynecologist
OMSP - Occupational medicine specialist
ONCO - Oncologist
OPHTGST - Ophthalmologist
ORTHSG - Orthopedic surgeon
OTOL - Otolaryngologist
PMSP - Palliative medicine specialist
PATH - Pathologist
PED - Pediatrician
PHMD - Physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist
PLAS - Plastic surgeon
PSYCHTST - Psychiatrist
PHPH - Public health physician
RAD - Radiologist
RESP - Respirologist
RHEUM - Rheumatologist
THOR - Thoracic surgeon
UROL - Urologist
VSSG - Vascular surgeon