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Issue identified with the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service IHI Inquiry web services, affecting the date of birth field

News

An issue was identified with the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service IHI Inquiry web services, affecting the date of birth field. This issue resulted in a timezone to the consumer date of birth value in the IHI search response. 

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Changes coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service

FAQs, News

Make sure your workplan includes: Transition from SHA-1 NASH PKI certificates to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and Using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more....

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support Documents v1.3

Products, Specifications | EP-3362:2020
These documents provide background and guidance for healthcare provider organisations, and conformance, compliance and accreditation requirements for vendors, regarding the Healthcare Identifiers Service.
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Use of Healthcare Identifiers in Health Software Systems - FAQs

FAQs, Products

The following frequently asked questions relate to the use of Healthcare Identifiers in Health Software Systems.

Introduction to the Healthcare Identifier Service

Developer Guides, Products

In this guide, you will; Understand high level concepts regarding the HI Service, Register as a developer for the HI Service, Request Test Certificates and Test Environment Data, Install the Test Certificates locally and Import Certificates in CIS Software

Transitioning HI CCA Testing to the Australian Digital Health Agency

News

From the 1st of November 2020, the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) will be conducting Healthcare Identifier (HI) Conformance testing.

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Introduction - My Health Record - B2B Developer Guides

Developer Guides

My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Healthcare providers authorised by their healthcare organisation can access My Health Record to view and add patient health information.

HI Test and Go Live

FAQs, Developer Guides, Products

All products developed, or updated, to connect with the HI Service are required to undergo testing before production access is granted.

There are two mandatory testing processes that you will need to complete:

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH)

Products

Notice of changes: Changes are coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service. Make sure your work plan includes: Transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more

Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI)

Products

The Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI) is a national system for uniquely identifying individuals and healthcare providers. HIs help to ensure individuals and providers can have confidence that the correct information is associated with the correct individual at the point of care.

Healthcare Identifiers Integration Toolkit

Products, Sample Code, Specifications, Toolkits

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth Reference Platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

Developer Guides

Introduction to the Healthcare Identifier Service

Developer Guides, Products

In this guide, you will; Understand high level concepts regarding the HI Service, Register as a developer for the HI Service, Request Test Certificates and Test Environment Data, Install the Test Certificates locally and Import Certificates in CIS Software

Introduction - My Health Record - B2B Developer Guides

Developer Guides

My Health Record is a secure online summary of an individual’s health information and is available to all Australians. Healthcare providers authorised by their healthcare organisation can access My Health Record to view and add patient health information.

IHI Lookup - Test Cases - HI Service Developer Guide 2

Developer Guides

After successfully executing the IHI Lookup, it is important to modify your implementation to meet the Test Cases for the Use Cases we have built to. Continued from: IHI Lookup - HI Service Developer Guide 1

IHI Lookup - HI Service Developer Guide 1

Developer Guides

Your software will need to conduct lookups for Individual Healthcare Identifiers (IHIs) for patients. This is conducted when registering a new patient, updating a patient in your local system, and in some other specific circumstances. This can be done in batch, or individually. Our example will focus on looking up a patient IHI individually.

Products

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH)

Products

Notice of changes: Changes are coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service. Make sure your work plan includes: Transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more

Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI)

Products

The Healthcare Identifiers Service (HI) is a national system for uniquely identifying individuals and healthcare providers. HIs help to ensure individuals and providers can have confidence that the correct information is associated with the correct individual at the point of care.

Healthcare Identifiers Integration Toolkit

Products, Sample Code, Specifications, Toolkits

The eHealth integration toolkits are a collection of integration tools and sample code resources available in both .NET and Java. The sample code and integration tools are used within the eHealth Reference Platform, forming part of the code library for tools and simulators.

Specifications

Healthcare Identifiers Service - Support Documents v1.3

Products, Specifications | EP-3362:2020
These documents provide background and guidance for healthcare provider organisations, and conformance, compliance and accreditation requirements for vendors, regarding the Healthcare Identifiers Service.
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NASH Organisation Certificate Tracker v1.0.1

Specifications | EP-2297:2016
The NASH Organisation Certificate Tracker is a simple tool for listing the expiration dates of NASH PKI Certificates for Healthcare Provider Organisations.
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Victoria IHI Pre-Implementation Project v1.0

Specifications | EP-1344:2011
The Victorian IHI Pre-Implementation project is to develop a suite of system design artefacts to support integration of the national Individual Healthcare Identifier into health services’ patient administration systems.
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National Authentication Service for Health v1.0

Specifications | EP-1011:2012
The National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) makes it possible for healthcare providers and supporting organisations to securely access and exchange health information.
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FAQs

Use of Healthcare Identifiers in Health Software Systems - FAQs

FAQs, Products

The following frequently asked questions relate to the use of Healthcare Identifiers in Health Software Systems.

HI Test and Go Live

FAQs, Developer Guides, Products

All products developed, or updated, to connect with the HI Service are required to undergo testing before production access is granted.

There are two mandatory testing processes that you will need to complete:

National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI organisation certificate

FAQs

The purpose of this page is to outline the changes implemented in September 2018 to the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service to enable a National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI organisation certificate.

Sample Code for connecting to the My Health Record system’s B2B Gateway

FAQs, Developer Guides, Sample Code

The Australian Digital Health Agency provides sample code to assist software development and integration with the Healthcare Identifiers Service and the My Health Record system. Most sample code is available in .NET and Java. To see the full list, please visit the eHealth Reference Platform section on the Australian Digital Health Agency website or GitHub. Read more....

Introduction to My Health Record Integration

FAQs, Developer Guides, Sample Code

My Health Record integration is typically done in two tranches. Connecting to the Healthcare Identifiers Service and the My Health Record system.

Communicating a Request Not to Upload a Pathology or Diagnostic Imaging Report to the My Health Record System Implementation Guide

FAQs

This guide explains how a requesting clinician can communicate to a pathology or diagnostic imaging provider that they should not upload a report to the patient’s My Health Record.

My Health Record Initial Registration

FAQs, Developer Guides

Please follow these steps to register your software product with the My Health Record system vendor (SVT) test environment. This is applicable for new products connections or conformant software enhancements.

Healthcare Identifiers Initial Registration

FAQs, Developer Guides

Complete the following steps in this section to start developing new products that connect to the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service, or to modify existing ones.

Integrating Diagnostic Imaging Software with My Health Record

FAQs, Developer Guides

High Level Scope: The software will enable the upload of pathology or diagnostic imaging reports to the My Health Record system, and the viewing of the My Health Record system by authorised representatives of the diagnostic services organisations.

NASH PKI organisation certificates in production

FAQs, Developer Guides

Important information you and your healthcare providers will need to be aware of when using NASH PKI organisation certificates in production.   

Organisations working with you

FAQs, Developer Guides

A list of organisations involved with digital health in Australia

HI scope and use cases

FAQs, Developer Guides

Healthcare Identifiers licensed materials and software requirements for the use of healthcare identifiers

News

Issue identified with the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service IHI Inquiry web services, affecting the date of birth field

News

An issue was identified with the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service IHI Inquiry web services, affecting the date of birth field. This issue resulted in a timezone to the consumer date of birth value in the IHI search response. 

Thursday, 17 December 2020

Changes coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service

FAQs, News

Make sure your workplan includes: Transition from SHA-1 NASH PKI certificates to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and Using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more....

Wednesday, 16 December 2020

Transitioning HI CCA Testing to the Australian Digital Health Agency

News

From the 1st of November 2020, the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) will be conducting Healthcare Identifier (HI) Conformance testing.

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service Vendor environment - Notifications

System Notifications

Notice of changes: Changes are coming for National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) PKI Certificates and the Healthcare Identifiers (HI) Service. Make sure your work plan includes: Transition from SHA-1 to SHA-2 NASH PKI certificates and using a NASH PKI Certificate to access the HI Service. Learn more

Monday, 5 October 2020

By operation of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016, on 1 July 2016, all the assets and liabilities of NEHTA will vest in the Australian Digital Health Agency. In this website, on and from 1 July 2016, all references to "National E-Health Transition Authority" or "NEHTA" will be deemed to be references to the Australian Digital Health Agency. PCEHR means the My Health Record, formerly the "Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record", within the meaning of the My Health Records Act 2012 (Cth), formerly called the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (Cth).

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