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Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations are commonly used within this specification.

Table: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym	Term
DOB	Date of Birth
EHR	Electronic Health Record
FHIR®	HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Standard
HCN	Provincial Health Card Number
HIC	Health Information Custodian
HL7	Health Level Seven
HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPs	HTTP connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security
JWT	JSON Web Token
MOH	Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
MOHLTC	Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
MRN	Medical Record Number
OHIP	Ontario Health Insurance Plan
OID	Object Identifier
OLIS	Ontario Laboratories Information System
ONE ID	An identity and access management system and processes
PHI	Personal Health Information
PHU	Public Health Unit
PI	Personal Information
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PoS	Point of Service Application or System
REST	Representational State Transfer
SAML	Security Assertion Markup Language
SCC	Specimen Collector Center
SOAP	Simple Object Access Protocol
STU	Standard for Trial Use
TLS	Transport Layer Security
UAO	Under Authority Of
URI	Uniform Resource Identifier
UTC	Coordinated Universal Time