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Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

Term/Acronym/Abbreviation Description
azp (Authorized Party) A unique identifier representing the Sending System, sourced from the OAG token (Ontario Access Gateway token) and provided by Ontario Health. It is used as an agent identifier in Provenance.agent.who for FHIR contributions.
API Application Programming Interface
Clinical Data Flow (CDF) Mapping The process of defining how data elements and identifiers from various clinical data sources are mapped to the elements within the Provenance resource, ensuring consistency and interoperability.
Clinical Data Repository (CDR) A centralized database designed to store and manage clinical data from various sources. The CDR will be responsible for injecting Provenance resources during data ingestion.
DHIEX Digital Health Information Exchange
DICS Diagnostic Imaging Common Services
Digital health asset Means “digital health asset” as defined in O. Reg. 329/04.
EHR or Electronic Health Record Means “electronic health record” as defined in Part V.1. of PHIPA.
EMR Electronic Medical Record
ER Emergency Room
FHIR HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Standard
FIPPA Means the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, RSO 1990, c F.31, and its regulations, as amended or replaced from time to time.
HCN Means “health number” as defined in PHIPA.
Health care practitioner Means “health care practitioner” as defined in PHIPA.
HIC or health information custodian Means “health information custodian” as defined in PHIPA.
HIS Hospital Information System
HL7 Health Level Seven
IG Implementation Guide
IPC Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
MSH-3.2 A field in HL7v2 messages representing the unique identifier of the sending system. It is used as an agent identifier in Provenance.agent.who for HL7v2 conversions.
MSH-10 (Message Control ID) A field in HL7v2 messages that provides a unique identifier for each message. It is used as an identifier in Provenance.entity.what for HL7v2 conversions.
PHI or Personal Health Information Means “personal health information” as defined in PHIPA.
PHIPA Means the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, SO 2004, c 3, Sch A, as may be amended or replaced from time to time.
PI or Personal Information Means “personal information” as defined in FIPPA.
PO or Prescribed Organization Means “prescribed organization” as defined in PHIPA.
Provenance In the context of health data, Provenance refers to the "Who, What, When" information about the origin and history of a health record or resource. It documents the entities and agents involved in its creation, modification, or deletion, providing a basis for assessing data quality and trustworthiness.
Provenance Resource A specific FHIR resource type used to record information about an activity that created, revised, deleted, or signed a version of another resource. It captures details about the involved agents, entities, and the activity itself.
R4 Release 4 of the HL7 FHIR standard
REST Representational State Transfer
SNOMED-CT Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
THOR Transaction History Registry, a central storage to keep province-wide transactional logs
Traceability The ability to track the history, location, or application of an item by means of recorded identification. In this guide, it refers to tracking health data from its origin through its various transformations and uses.
W3C Provenance Specification A World Wide Web Consortium standard that provides a data model for provenance, defining how to describe the origins of information and things. The FHIR Provenance resource is rooted in this foundational specification.
X-Request-ID An optional unique identifier provided by a FHIR client for a request. If not provided, it's generated by the API Management layer and used as an identifier in Provenance.entity.what for FHIR contributions.