Ontario eReferral FHIR Implementation Guide v0.10.1 is now 'Public'

Hello All,

The Ontario eReferral FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) was written to support implementers of systems that will use HL7 FHIR to support the electronic transfer of information when patients are referred from one healthcare service provider to another in the province of Ontario.

Scope:
The Ontario eReferral FHIR Implementation Guide supports referral patterns for various pathways such as an EMR integration with a Regional Home to Community Care Solution, Primary Care to Home and Community Care, Acute Care, etc. It describes the business considerations and implementation details for enabling interoperability with referral management systems to initiate and manage an electronic referral request.

Change:
As of July 20, 2021 the  Ontario eReferral FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) v0.10.1 has been published to include the following:

• Updates and clarifications to the expected use of direct messaging , including updates to the  MessageEventCode value set (agreed to by eReferrals Workstream of the FHIR Implementations Working Group on June 22, 2021);

• Technical corrections to the existing FHIR artifacts to enable resource validation, including:
  - slicing in AllergyIntolerance & all extensions,
  - fix URIs for references in profiles to match canonicals (vs Simplifier url);

• Rework implementation guidance, replacing "Method 1", "Method 2" language with separate specification pages for:
  -  Direct Messaging integrations , and
  -  SMART integrations ;

• Added pages with implementation notes for Profiles and messages in the FHIR Artifacts menu;

• Added CapabilityStatements for key system roles specified in the specification pages to clarify requirements

• Added MessageDefinition artifacts to show expected use of message events / for reference in CapabilityStatements;

• Updated examples for resources and added examples

If you have any questions regarding the updates to the Ontario eReferral FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) v0.10.1, contact us at: OH_DS@[email protected]

Thank You
Architecture Program Office