Standards by category
Read the Health Information Standards Committee for Alberta (HISCA) standards.
Ambulatory
Chronic disease management
- CDM Data Standards: Introduction 7.3 – 2005
- CDM Data Standards: Introduction 7.2 – Available on request
- Chronic Disease Management Messaging Specification, V1.6 – 2008
Continuing care
Core registries (identification)
- Delivery Site Registry Data Standard, V1.1 – 2017
- Provincial Client Registry Messaging Specification, V2.0 – 2011
- Provincial Organization Registry, V1.0 – 2011
- Provincial Provider Registry Messaging Specification, V0.3 – 2013
- Stakeholder Client Data Standard, V1.4.2 – 2013
- Stakeholder Demographic Data Standard, V2.2 – 2003
- Stakeholder Provider Data Standard, V1.6 – 2021
Diagnostic imaging
- Diagnostic Imaging HL7 Message Specification, V0.1 – 2008
- Diagnostic Imaging Reporting Requirement Data Standard, V0.1 – 2008
- Diagnostic Imaging Text and Other Transcribed Reports Message Specification, V0.5 – 2011
- Diagnostic Imaging Text and Other Transcribed Reports Message Specification, V0.4 – Available on request
Drugs
- Pharmaceutical Information Network Data Standard V2.1 – 2012
- Pharmaceutical Information Network Message Specifications – Available on request
Electronic health record
- XDS Registry Metadata Specification, V0.1 – 2014
- Shared Health Record (SHR) Data and Messaging Specification, V1.10 – 2012
Electronic medical record (EMR), physician office system
- Alberta eReferral Data and Messaging Specification (AEDAMS), V1.10 – 2013
- Medical Summary for Transfer of Patient Data, V0.1 – 2005
- Primary Health Care Electronic Medical Record Content Standard Minimum Dataset, V0.2 – 2013
Emergency health services
- Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Reporting, V1.2 – 2011
- EMS Licensing Management System Data Standard, V1.0 – 2019
Laboratory
- Laboratory Test Results Delivery Message and CDA Specification, V3.6 – 2019
- Laboratory Test Results Delivery Message and CDA Specification, V3.0 – Available on request
- Laboratory Test Results Delivery Message Specifications, V2.1 and V2 – Available on request
Public health
- Adverse Events Following Immunization Data Standard, V2.2 – 2018
- Adverse Events Following Immunization Messaging Specification, V1.5 – 2018
- Breast Cancer Screening Minimum Data Standard, V0.8 – 2000
- Cervical Cancer Screening, V1.0 – 2014
- Communicable Disease and Outbreak Data Standard, V1.0 – 2014 – Provincial Surveillance Initiative
- Generic Screening Minimum Data Standard, V0.4 – 2000
- Immunization Data Standard, V1.6 – 2019
- Immunization Messaging Specifications, V1.5 – 2018
- Newborn Metabolic Screening Minimum Data Standard, V4.0 – 2022
- Perinatal Breastfeeding Data Standard, V1.0 – 2009
- Perinatal Health Program Data Standard, V1.1 – 2009
- Perinatal Postpartum Depression Data Standard, V1.0 – 2009
Contact
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