HISCA standards

Provincial Standards – Data sets and HL7 v2.x available electronically

If you are interested in receiving HISCA provincial standards in an electronic format such as MS-Excel / ASCII delimited for data sets or Messaging Workbench for HL7 2.x Message Specifications, email HISCA@gov.ab.ca with your request.

Core Registries (Identification)

• Provincial Organization Registry
• Stakeholder Client Data Set
• Stakeholder Demographic Data Standard
• Stakeholder Provider Data Standard – March 2012
• Delivery Site Registry Data Set – 2010

Laboratory

• Laboratory Test Results Delivery Message Specifications – Version 2.1
• Laboratory Test Results Delivery Message Specifications – Version 2

Drugs

• Pharmaceutical Information Network Data Set – March 2012

Diagnostic Imaging

• Diagnostic Imaging Text and Other Transcribed Reports Message Specification – Version 0.5
• Diagnostic Imaging Text and Other Transcribed Reports Message Specification – Version 0.4
• Diagnostic Imaging Reporting Requirement
• Diagnostic Imaging HL7 Message Specifications

Chronic Disease Management

• CDM Data Standards – Introduction 7.2
• CDM Data Standards – Introduction 7.3
• Appendix A Coding Systems
• Appendix B Record Level Data
• Appendix C Clinical Data
• Appendix D Detailed Data
• Appendix E Code Tables

Public Health

• Adverse Reaction to Immunization Data Set – 2010
• Cervical Cancer Screening
• Immunization Standard Data Set – 2010
• Newborn Metabolic Screening Minimum Data Set
• Perinatal – Alberta Breastfeeding Data Set – 2009
• Perinatal – Alberta Perinatal Data Submissions
• Perinatal – Alberta Postpartum Depression Data Set – 2009

Mental Health

• Mental Health Inpatient Interval Reporting – February 2010

Ambulatory

• National Ambulatory Care Reporting System and Comprehensive Ambulatory Care Classification System Data Set – In draft, September 2009

Continuing Care

• Alberta Continuing Care Information Data Standard: Community-Based Client Information and Services
• Alberta Continuing Care Information Data Standard: Facility-Based Client Information and Services

Emergency Health Services

• Emergency Medical Services Patient Care Reporting – 2011 

Telehealth

• Telehealth Teleradiology – Obsolete* 2010
• Telehealth Videoconferencing – Obsolete* 2010
• Telehealth Standards Part C – Obsolete* 2010

Health Workforce

• Alberta Health Workforce Human Resource Definitions – Withdrawn* 2010

Physician Office System

• Medical Summary for Transfer of Patient Data

*For more information on these documents, email HISCA@gov.ab.ca