FHIR® Implementations

Hi everyone, Infoway continues to encourage the increased use of e-health standards and standards-based materials. Standards enable the thousands of health care providers across the country to communicate and share health information in a consistent, safe, and reliable manner. When used in digital health solutions, these standards: Support members of the care team to accurately interpret and exchange information needed for safe and effective care Facilitate clinical decision support through alerts and reminders Enable data to be aggregated, with appropriate approvals, for clinical research, ultimately leading to better outcomes Many of the following standards and software tools are available free of charge and are accessible via InfoCentral: SNOMED (International releases and Canadian extensions) LOINC and pCLOCD Canadian Clinical Drug Data Set pan Canadian HL7 standards (eg. CeRX, MR 02.05, CDA), Canadian FHIR Registry Terminology Server, InfoScribe, HL7 Explorer, and more HL7 Canada Affiliate Access Infoway coordinates the affiliate agreement with HL7 International on behalf of Canada and HL7 International. HL7 Canada Affiliate Access is required for all Canadian implementers incorporating HL7 materials in a product and for those wishing to participate in HL7 International workgroups. Access is from April 1 to March 31, renewable annually. A notice will be sent to all those with current HL7 Canada Affiliate Access to begin the .... Fees payable to Infoway based on access type: Individual Access: $100 CDN per fiscal year, plus applicable taxes Benefits: Access to HL7 Localizations Participation in HL7 International ballots through the HL7 Canada Council Discount on HL7 conference fees, HL7 education and HL7 certification exams Required to be a co-chair of any of the HL7 International workgroups Organization Access: $500 CDN per fiscal year, plus applicable taxes Benefits: Access to HL7 Localizations Provides access for an unlimited number of users at the same organization Participation in HL7 International ballots through the HL7 Canada Council Discount on HL7 conference fees, HL7 education and HL7 certification exams Required to be a co-chair of any of the HL7 International workgroups Gives up to 5 HL7 Canada voting memberships per year HL7 Canada Affiliate access is NOT required for viewing and/or downloading HL7 content from InfoCentral. For more information on accessing standards, please ....

Hello, Ontario Health will be hosting an Open Review webinar on Thursday January 29, 2026, @ 12:00-1:00pm (EST) to provide details on the Ontario Clinical Report Exchange (OCRE) HL7® FHIR® Implementation Guide v1.0.0 -ballot, explain the process of providing coordinated comments during the Open Review period, and answer questions. Ontario Clinical Report Exchange (OCRE) will be a new report delivery solution for the province. The Ontario Clinical Report Exchange HL7® FHIR® Implementation Guide supports implementers of digital health assets that will use HL7® FHIR® to enable submission of health reports to OCRE and defines the structure of the reports for consumption. OCRE will leverage the Ontario Health Enterprise Publish and Subscribe (Pub/Sub) solution. Existing products such as Health Report Manager (HRM®) will leverage OCRE to enable clinicians to securely receive patient reports electronically from participating hospitals and specialty clinics. HRM® is a digital health solution that enables clinicians to securely receive patient reports electronically from participating hospitals and specialty clinics. A Limited Product Release (LPR) will be conducted to test out the new OCRE Implementation Guide. OCRE will seek participation from a few sending facilities (Hospitals and Integrated Community Health Services Centres) as well as recipients (EMR vendors). Future use cases for OCRE will include report delivery expansion to additional healthcare sectors as well as bi-directional report exchange. Key Dates: Open Review Period: January 29 – February 26, 2026 Join us by following this link: ... Please share this information with your team and colleagues to encourage participation in this important process. Thank you, Digital Health Interoperability Standards Committee Secretariat Ontario Health _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Bonjour, Santé Ontario tiendra un webinaire d'examen ouvert le jeudi 29 janvier 2026, de 12 h 00 à 13 h 00 (HNE) afin de présenter le Guide de mise en œuvre HL7® FHIR® de l'Échange de rapports cliniques de l'Ontario (OCRE) - v1.0.0-bulletin, d'expliquer le processus de soumission de commentaires coordonnés pendant la période d'examen ouvert et de répondre aux questions. Échange de rapports cliniques de l'Ontario (OCRE) sera une nouvelle solution provinciale de diffusion de rapports. Le Guide de mise en œuvre HL7® FHIR® de l'OCRE appuie les responsables de la mise en œuvre d'outils de santé numérique qui utiliseront HL7® FHIR® pour permettre la soumission de rapports de santé à l'OCRE et définit la structure des rapports aux fins de consultation. L'OCRE tirera parti de la solution d'entreprise de publication et d'abonnement (Pub/Abo) de Santé Ontario. Des produits existants, tels que Health Report Manager (HRM®), utiliseront l'OCRE pour permettre aux cliniciens de recevoir de façon sécurisée des rapports de patients par voie électronique provenant d'hôpitaux et de cliniques spécialisées participants. HRM® est une solution de santé numérique qui permet aux cliniciens de recevoir de façon sécurisée des rapports de patients par voie électronique provenant d'hôpitaux et de cliniques spécialisées participants. Une version préliminaire du produit (PPL) sera menée afin de mettre à l'essai le nouveau guide de mise en œuvre de l'OCRE. L'OCRE sollicitera la participation de quelques établissements expéditeurs (hôpitaux et centres de services de santé communautaires intégrés) ainsi que de destinataires (fournisseurs de DME). Les futurs cas d'utilisation de l'OCRE comprendront l'élargissement de la diffusion des rapports à d'autres secteurs de soins de santé ainsi que l'échange bidirectionnel de rapports. Dates clés : Période de l'examen ouvert : 29 janvier – 26 février 2026 Rejoignez-nous en cliquant sur ce lien: ... Veuillez partager cette information avec votre équipe et vos collègues afin d’encourager la participation à ce processus important. Cordialement, Secrétariat du Comité des normes d'interopérabilité de la santé numérique Santé Ontario

Hello SMART North Community! I hope you all had some down time over the holidays with time to recharge and reconnect. The January edition of SMART North is Cancelled due to lack of agenda topics. Our next meeting is scheduled for February 20th, the Friday before the Virtual pan-Canadian Projectathon. If you have solutions that you’d like to share with folks on the next SMART North call and/or other topics that you’d like to discuss please them along. In the meantime, have a great month! Best, - Russ