Ontario IG Template
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Important Note to IG Authors:
This is a template only. All sample text, examples, and placeholders must be replaced with the specific project scope information, and include figures/diagrams if relevant.
If the IG is not being established under DHIEX, remove or adapt the DHIEX framing text.
[Insert project Scope here along with any figures or diagrams that are relevant]
Ontario Health will be establishing the [IG Name] as an interoperability specification under Ontario’s Digital Health Information Exchange (DHIEX) framework.
The following information is provided in accordance with O. Reg. 329/04 under Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), 2004, section 28 Application of Specifications.
Contribution from community pharmacies is voluntary; however, should they choose to contribute, then compliance with the interoperability specification is mandatory.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Date on which the specification becomes effective (Note: This is the date by which all applicable HICs are required to be compliantly contributing and/or consuming the approved interoperability specification. OH will work with the applicable HICs to establish the implementation plan in order to meet the effective date.) | TBD |
| Name, description, or class of Health Information Custodians that must select, develop, or use digital health assets that comply with the specification: | Health Information Custodians who contribute data to [IG Name]: - Hospitals as per the Public Hospitals Act, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 965. - Community pharmacies as per the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act, O. Reg. 264/16. Health Information Custodians who view [IG Name] data: - All HICs as per Section 3 of PHIPA compliant and authorized per Ontario Health agreements to access or integrate with the EHR |
| Types of digital health assets to which the specification applies | Digital health assets used by Health Information Custodians for the above purpose: - Hospitals using a Health Information System (HIS) which has modules to support medication administration management and pharmacy management - Authorized HICs using applications and systems which query the [IG Name] such as provincial viewers, electronic medical record systems and HISs |
| Circumstances, if any, when a Health Information Custodian may be exempted from the requirement to select, develop or use digital health assets that comply with the specification: | - Hospitals within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act , R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 965 contributing or planning to contribute medication administration data using the acCDR Input Standard v2.6 - In-patient pharmacies within hospitals are exempted from contribution of medication dispense data - Community pharmacies are exempted from mandatory contribution of medication dispense data |