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The following steps will assist software developers who provide National Prescription Delivery Service (NPDS) and/or Active Script List Registry capabilities to declare software conformance with the Agency’s Electronic Prescribing technical framework.

In this guide, we will be accessing a patient’s medications and allergies contained in a Personal Health Summary

Registering a publisher organisation as a participant in the Provider Connect Australia™ (PCA™) can only be done through the Provider Connect Australia™ (PCA™) portal.

This section explains how to configure Provider Connect Australia™ (PCA™) for publisher operations.

Access to register endpoint requires an initial access token (IAT) of type bearer. Publisher and Subscriber organisations must now request an IAT by registering their software details with the PCA™ Operator first.

In order for a subscriber to know that information has become available based on some defined criteria, the subscriber needs register a notification channel either via the Portal or using an API.

After creating a healthcare service(s) at a location, you can search for available partner services.

The Security Requirements for My Health Record Connecting Systems Conformance Profile contains software requirements that harden clinical information systems from cyber security attacks, uplift information security and protect patient information and your software product. 

This roadmap has been developed to capture known impacts to software developers across participating government organisations.

Once you have obtained service offerings from the PCA™, the business partner will use the sourced information to match records internally.

Registering a business partner organisation as a participant in Provider Connect Australia™ (PCA™) can only be done through the Provider Connect Australia™ (PCA™) portal.

The capability statement of the Publisher Agent is specific to the organisation and can be accessed using: 

This section explains how to configure PCA™ for subscriber operations.

Initially the client system will download all relevant records, so the <lastSync> will not be set.

Overview of the HIPS conformance journey

HIPS Operational Insights is a diagnostic and operational performance toolset supporting the HIPS system.

Prior to registration, the client software needs to generate a 2048-bit RSA key pair as defined in PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications – RFC 8017 and conveyed using  JSON Web Key (JWK) – RFC 7517.

In some cases where the requesting subscription system is stateless or in events where you want all elements referenced irrespective of whether they have changed, a requesting system may use other filter expressions.

Before you can create a PractitionerRole, you must first find an existing Practitioner using their AHPRA Registration Number.

The Agency provides sample code directly on GitHub, NuGet, and Maven. 

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

The following questions are about using healthcare identifiers in health software systems.

To integrate software products with the My Health Record system, two types of testing are required.

Electronic Prescribing Frequently Asked Questions covering topics such as Prescribing Systems, Dispensing Systems, Mobile Applications, Mobile Intermediaries, Transitional eNRMC and Conformance Profile and more.