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Business Rules
Patient Identification
Patient identifier is required to uniquely identify a patient. Ontario health card number, ECID, Registration and Claims Branch ID and Wait Time Patient ID should be provided when available. Submitting organization issued medical record number may also be used. Implementers shall contact Ontario Health to obtain the system URL for submitting medical health number.
Provider Identification
Practitioner identifier is required to uniquely identify a practitioner. The practitioner’s license number issued by the regulatory college shall be provided.
Organization Identification
Organization identifier is required to uniquely identify an organization. Provincial Health Care Facility ID, Hospital ID, LHIN ID, Region ID, and Province ID shoud be provided.