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InfoRMS (Infoway Request Management System) is Canada Health Infoway's official Request for Change (RFC) tool for managing updates and modifications to key health terminology standards. It enables clinicians, developers, and organizations to submit, track, and manage change requests, ensuring that health terminology remains up-to-date, relevant, and aligned with evolving healthcare needs. Not sure if you have access to InfoRMS? Manage your InfoRMS Access in your user profile.
SNOMED CT
In order to ensure that SNOMED CT RFCs are addressed in an efficient and timely manner, it is the requestor's responsibility to:
- Ensure that the content does not exist in either the International or Canadian Editions of SNOMED CT;
- Ensure that the request conforms with the most recent Editorial Guidelines;
- Provide the date of implementation;
- Provide reference material that is publicly available, authoritative, recent and relevant to the request (Wikipedia is not considered appropriate);
- Support the request with a clear justification for the change and an appropriate use case for context;
- Ensure all mandatory InfoRMS fields have been completed prior to submission.
pCLOCD/LOINC
Prior to submitting a pCLOCD/LOINC request, it is the requestor's responsibility to:
- Ensure that the content does not exist in LOINC or the pCLOCD;
- Ensure that a similar or equivalent term has not already been requested, by way of searching the online LOINC Submissions Queue; and pCLOCD Submission Queue
- Ensure that a similar or equivalent term has not already been accepted and under development for the next official release, by way of searching LOINC Pre-release terms;
- Comply with Regenstrief Editorial Guidelines (note: login required).
Pan-Canadian ValueSets
Prior to creating a ValueSet request, it is the requestor's responsibility to:
- Validate the content against the ValueSet in the Terminology Server;
- Ensure requests conform with the appropriate terminology and Editorial Guidelines.
HL7 ValueSets French Translation
Prior to requesting the French translation of HL7 ValueSets, it is the requestor’s responsibility to:
- Ensure the translation does not already exist in the Terminology Server;
- Ensure all the mandatory fields of the New Translation EN worksheet in the HL7 ValueSet RFC template have been completed prior to submission;
- Provide a link to reference material if a French display is proposed;
- Ensure all mandatory InfoRMS fields are completed prior to submission.
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