Healthcare Identifiers licensed materials and software requirements for the use of Healthcare Identifiers
The Healthcare Identifiers specifications you will require for your development are hosted in 2 different locations:
- System Interface Specifications (SIS) for connecting to the Healthcare Identifiers web services are licensed materials hosted on the Services Australia web portal. Suggested document relevant for your implementation are listed below.
| HI Service - Developers Guide.pdf | Health Systems Developer Portal |
| HI Service - IHI Searching Guide.pdf | |
| TECH.SIS.HI.06 - IHI Inquiry Search via B2B v10.0.pdf | |
| TECH.SIS.HI.31 - Search for Provider Individual Details – v7.0.pdf |
- Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support documents which provide background and guidance for healthcare provider organisations, and conformance, compliance and accreditation requirements for vendors are hosted in the Australian Digital Health Agency Developer Centre.
Suggested reading
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Use of HIs in Health Software Systems - Conformance Requirements v3.1 |
https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/dh-3360-2020 |
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Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support Documents - Implementation Conformance Statement Proforma v4.0 |
https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/dh-3364-2020 |
| Use of HIs in Health Software Systems - Business Use Cases v3.1 (also refer below) | https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/national-infrastructure/ep-1826-2014/nehta-1733-2014 |
Plan the scope of your Healthcare Identifiers Implementation
If you are connecting to the HI Service as a pre-requisite to connecting to the My Health Record system, there are particular requirements that you will need to meet in order to be given production access to the My Health Record system. These requirements are explained in section 3.4.1 of the PCEHR Connecting Systems Conformance Assessment Scheme.
Your software will also be required to connect to the HI Service if it is participating in Electronic Prescribing. UC.010, UC.015 and UC.131 will be relevant to your development.
It is important to understand that each HI Service use case may be fulfilled by one or more HI Service web service. You need to determine which web service and use case you require in your product. We recommend that you also familiarise yourself with the use cases outlined in the table below. (If you do not need to access the My Health Record system, participate in Electronic Prescribing, or be listed in the Digital Health Incentive Product Register, then you can implement whichever HI use cases are appropriate.)
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Use of HIs in Health Software Systems - Business Use Cases v3.1 |
The Table of Contents lists all of the HI use cases. This summary can be used to identify relevant sections of the document to read. | |
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Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support Documents - Conformance Profile v4.0 |
Address conformance requirements associated to the following use cases (UC) UC.010 - Register patient |
https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/dh-3360-2020 |
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Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support Documents - Implementation Conformance Statement Proforma v4.0 |
Address proforma elements associated to the following use cases (UC) UC.010 - Register patient |
https://developer.digitalhealth.gov.au/specifications/dh-3364-2020 |
You will need test certificates to access the HI Service Software Vendor Test environment. Please see the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI organisation certificate page for certificate application and development guidance.
For testing information, please see the HI Test and Go Live page.