Description and Scope

The service directory specification harmonizes how data regarding healthcare services and providers is structured and provides standardized interactions with that information (e.g., Querying service/provider information). This directory would also store relationships between the service, service providers and their roles, organizations, and associated locations, as well as details on how to contact them. This standardization will enable users (regardless of jurisdiction) to search for, locate, and communicate with healthcare providers, and help them search, plan, and choose the right health services for their patient(s) needs.

The initial version of the implementation guide will not cover:

• A directory of instances and its subsequent such use,
• Federated services/functionality,
• Inclusion of actors outside the scope defined within this implementation guide. This is done to avoid complex processes that are outside of the current defined processes of a service directory.
• Security and access considerations

The CA:CSD specification was developed in collaboration with the Building Blocks Working Group and its members. This group will continued to be utilized in the future to further develop this guide. If you are interested in being a champion of this work and a voice in the group please join the working group on InfoCentral: Building Blocks Working Group

Defined terms

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Development Process

Feedback

To provide feedback on the CA:CSD specifications please review to the following page to obtain access to the Jira project. pan-Canadian Interoperability Specifications Feedback - Pan Canadian Interoperability - InfoScribe (infoway-inforoute.ca)

The CA:CSD Jira project can be found at: https://informs.infoway-inforoute.ca/projects/CSD