Conformance Services end of year availability
The Agency would like to advise all vendors of the availability of its conformance services, including conformance assessments and support, throughout the end of year holiday period and Agency office closure.
Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service bookings
HI Service conformance assessment bookings for 2024 have now concluded. Bookings are now being taken for conformance assessments in 2025, with availability from 13 January 2025. Preparatory documentation, such as Implementation Conformance Statements, may continue to be submitted through this period as required.
Electronic Prescribing (EP) and eNRMC assessments
EP and eNRMC conformance assessments will continue to be processed until 20 December 2024 and will resume on 13 January 2025. Throughout December and January, EP and eNRMC conformance assessments may be subject to processing delays of up to 10 business days due to the end of year office closure. Vendors are requested to consider appropriate additional lead time in product delivery planning, to account for any delays.
We thank you for your understanding and look forward to continuing to support your conformance activities in the new year. Please contact us at [email protected] should you require any further assistance.
Updates to My Health Record Connecting Systems – Security Conformance Profile
The Agency published the My Health Record Connecting Systems Security Conformance Profile v1.0 on the Agency’s Developer Portal in September 2024. Learn more.
Our vision is that digital health products and systems are designed, developed and operated in a manner that is consumer-centered, safe, secure and interoperable, so that quality, trusted healthcare services and information are consistently available when and where they are needed.
The Agency's Conformance and Assurance Section undertakes conformance activities in line with its Conformance Framework, which outlines the principles and overall approach to engaging with, managing, and supporting vendors to integrate with national digital health systems and develop solutions that interact in alignment to Agency conformance requirements.
Conformance activities conducted by the Agency are designed to mitigate risks and specify the way third-party software must behave when it has a connection to enable transactions with national digital health systems.
Conformance services
Development and administration of Conformance Assessment Schemes, comprising:
- Development of conformance profiles and conformance test specifications
- Delivery of conformance assessments
- Design, development and maintenance of conformance artefacts: test data, technical documents
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Updates to My Health Record Connecting Systems – Security Conformance Profile
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HI Service - Test and Go Live
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HIPS - Conformance
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My Health Record Connecting Systems - Security Conformance Profile - FAQs
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My Health Record Notice of Connection (NoC) and Conformance Compliance and Declaration (CCD) testing
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