v1.0.0-ballot1
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| Term/Acronym/Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| CDR | Clinical Document Repository |
| DHIEX | Digital Health Information Exchange |
| 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 |
| 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 | Health Card Number or “health number” as defined in PHIPA. |
| HCP | Means “health care practitioner” as defined in PHIPA. |
| HIC | Health Information Custodian (HIC): A person or organization that has custody or control of personal health information for the purpose of health care or other health-related duties. Examples include physicians, hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories and the Ministry of Health. |
| HINP | Health Information Network Provider |
| HIS | Hospital Information System |
| HL7 | Health Level Seven |
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPs) |
| HSP | Health Service Provider |
| IAR | Integrated Assessment Record |
| IAR CDR | Integrated Assessment Record Clinical Document Repository |
| IG | Implementation Guide |
| IPC | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario |
| Interoperability specification | Means “interoperability specification” as defined in O. Reg. 329/04. |
| JSON | JavaScript Object Notation |
| LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
| MRN | Medical Record Number |
| OH | Ontario Health |
| O. Reg. 329/04 | General, Ontario Regulation 329/04 made under PHIPA. |
| PCR | The definitive source for a health care client’s identity, facilitating the unique, accurate and reliable identification of individual clients and others who receive care in Ontario, across the disciplines in the health care sector. It contains demographic and identification cross-reference data for health care clients registered in one or more patient identifier domains for which eHealth Ontario, as a result of policy/program/IT decisions, has established a data sharing agreement with the respective organizations. The PCR is fed by multiple data sources, including the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Registered Persons Data Base hospital sites tracking admissions, discharges, and transfers, and other systems that participate in health care services. |
| PHI or Personal Health Information | Means “personal health information” as defined in PHIPA. |
| PHIPA | Means the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 |
| PI | Means “personal information” as defined in FIPPA. |
| PO | Means “prescribed organization” as defined in PHIPA. |
| R4 | Release 4 of the HL7 FHIR standard |
| SNOMED CT | Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |