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Identifiers
The following names (URIs) may be used in the system element of the Identifier data type. If a URI is defined here, it SHALL be used in preference to any other identifying mechanism. If an identifier system is not listed here, the correct URI may be determined by working with the Standards team.
Identifiers
Global Identifiers
OLIS may return out-of-province practitioner identifiers using a set of URIs with naming convention below.
| Jurisdiction | URI Naming Convention | Note | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Provinces other than Ontario | https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/NamingSystem/ca-[province-two-letter-code]-license-[provider type] |
See Note 1 and 2 below | https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/NamingSystem/ca-mb-license-physician Note: Alberta nurse practitioners will use https://fhir.infoway-inforoute.ca/NamingSystem/ca-ab-license-licensed-practical-nurse |
| US states | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/us-[state-two-letter-code]-provider-[provider type]-id |
See note 1 and 3 | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/us-ny-provider-physician-id |
| Other jurisdictions | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/[prov/state code lower case]-provider-[provider type]-id |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/uk-provider-nurse-id |
Note 1: Possible provider type values are "physician", "dentist", "pharmacist", "nurse", "midwife", "naturopath"
Note 2: Canadian province codes will use lower case: “bc”, “ab”, “sk”, “qc”, “nb”, “ns”, “pe”, “nl”, “yt”, “nt”, “nu”, and “mb”
Note 3: For US state codes, refer to https://www.hl7.org/fhir/us/core/ValueSet-us-core-usps-state.html
Local Identifiers
| URI | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-[type]-license-[id] |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by laboratory | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-lab-license-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-[type]-[number] |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by laboratory using UPI | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-lab-UPI-234556543123 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-[type]-license-[id] |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by specimen collector center | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-scc-license-3001 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-hos-facility-number-[number] |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by hospital | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-hos-facility-number-0678 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-mobile-order-results-entry-system |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by MORE | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-mobile-order-results-entry-system |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-patient-self-collection-id-[number] |
OLIS Patient Identifier generated by Patient Self Collection | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/patient-id-patient-self-collection-id-1234 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by laboratory | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-lab-license-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-[type]-[number] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by laboratory using UPI | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-lab-UPI-234556543123 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by specimen collector center | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-scc-license-3001 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-hos-facility-number-[number] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by hospital | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-hos-facility-number-0678 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-pharmacy-license-[number] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by pharmacy | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-pharmacy-license-2235 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-ltc-id-[number] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by long term care facility | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-ltc-id-855 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-patient-self-collection-id-[number] |
Diagnostic Report Identifier generated by Patient Self Collection | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/report-id-patient-self-collection-id-1234 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Service Request Identifier generated by laboratory | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-lab-license-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-[type]-[number] |
Service Request Identifier generated by laboratory using UPI | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-lab-UPI-234556543123 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Service Request Identifier generated by specimen collector center | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-scc-license-3001 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-hos-facility-number-[number] |
Service Request Identifier generated by hospital | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-hos-facility-number-0678 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-pharmacy-license-[number] |
Service Request Identifier generated by pharmacy | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-pharmacy-license-2235 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-ltc-id-[number] |
Service Request Identifier generated by long term care facility | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-ltc-id-855 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-patient-self-collection-id-[number] |
Service Request Identifier generated by Patient Self Collection | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/test-request-id-patient-self-collection-id-1234 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Observation Identifier generated by laboratory | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-lab-license-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-[type]-[number] |
Observation Identifier generated by laboratory using UPI | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-lab-UPI-234556543123 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-[type]-license-[id] |
Observation Identifier generated by specimen collector center | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-scc-license-3001 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-hos-facility-number-[number] |
Observation Identifier generated by hospital | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-hos-facility-number-0678 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-pharmacy-license-[number] |
Observation Identifier generated by pharmacy | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-pharmacy-license-2235 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-ltc-id-[number] |
Observation Identifier generated by long term care facility | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-ltc-id-855 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-patient-self-collection-id-[number] |
Observation Identifier generated by Patient Self Collection | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/filler-id-patient-self-collection-id-1234 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-id-referring-[type]-id-[number] |
Referring Lab User-readable Specimen Identifier | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-id-referring-lab-id-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-bar-code-id-referring-[type]-id-[number] |
Referring Lab Specimen Bar Code Number | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-bar-code-id-referring-lab-id-4004 |
http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-id-performing-[type]-id-[number] |
Performing Lab User-readable Specimen Identifier | http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/NamingSystem/lab/specimen-id-performing-lab-id-4004 |
Code System Identifiers
| URI | Display Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| http://loinc.org | LOINC | The international standard for identifying health measurements, observations, and documents. |
| http://snomed.info/sct | SNOMED CT | The largest and most comprehensive clinical reference terminology in the world, SNOMED CT or SNOMED Clinical Terms is a systematically organized computer processable collection of medical terms providing codes, terms, synonyms and definitions used in clinical documentation and reporting |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/icd-10-ca | ICD-10-CA | (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Canada) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and enhanced by CIHI to meet Canadian morbidity data needs. ICD-10-CA classifies diseases, injuries and causes of death, as well as external causes of injury and poisoning. |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-on-lab-test-request-codes | OLIS Test Request Codes | Code System for OLIS Test Request Codes |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-on-lab-observation-temp-codes | OLIS Resulted Test codes (XON Codes) not in LOINC | Code system for OLIS temporary/local test codes used to report observations |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-on-lab-observation-micro-historical-codes | Historical OLIS microorganism codes | Code system for OLIS historical microorganism codes |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-on-lab-specimen-codes | OLIS specimen type | Code system for OLIS specimen type codes |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/ca-on-lab-encounter-class | OLIS encounter class codes | Code System for OLIS encounter class codes |
| http://ehealthontario.ca/fhir/CodeSystem/Province-StateCode | Province State Code | two-character state and province abbreviations from the Canada Postal Guide |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/address-use | Address Use | The use of an address. |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/address-type | Address Type | The type of an address (physical / postal). |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/administrative-gender | Adminisstrative Gender | The gender of a person used for administrative purposes. |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-system | ContactPointSystem | Telecommunications form for contact point. |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/contact-point-use | ContactPointUse | Use of contact point |
| http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActCode | ActEncounterCode | A code specifying the kind of encounter within its class |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/observation-status | ObservationStatus | Codes differentiating observation status. |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/request-status | RequestStatus | Status of Requested Test |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/diagnostic-report-status | DiagnosticReportStatus | Status of the entire Order. |
| http://hl7.org/fhir/request-priority | RequestPriority | Priority of the Test Request |
| http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ObservationInterpretation | v3.ObservationInterpretation | Codes providing a rough qualitative interpretation of the observation, such as "normal" / "abnormal", "low" / "high", |
| http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/participant-type | ParticipantType | Participant Type for Physicians. |
| urn:ietf:bcp:13 | DataMIMEtype | Attachment MIME type supported by OLIS |
| urn:iso:std:iso:3166-3 | CountryCode | 3-char country code from ISO-3166-3 |