01974nas a2200145   4500008004100000022001400041245010600055210006900161260004200230520146800272100001601740700001801756700001801774856003601792       2008                        eng d  a1913-610200aDeveloping an Open Source Reference Implementation of the Canadian Electronic Health Records Solution0 aDeveloping an Open Source Reference Implementation of the Canadi  aOttawabTalent First Networkc11/20083 aDeveloping a reference implementation of the Canada Health Infoway pan-Canadian Electronic Health Record Solution standard can be a useful step in ensuring the successful and cost-effective development of full scale electronic health systems in the Provincial Ministries of Health across Canada. These jurisdictions could benefit from the knowledge gained and the artifacts created in this prototype environment. The reference implementation utilizes an Enterprise Service Bus architecture and a Service Oriented Architecture design approach to build a Health Information Access Layer, as recommended by Canada Health Infoway. The system components and supporting technology developed will be released as open source. This set of technology could represent a starting point for prototyping an implementation in a production environment, for creating a standards development platform, for standards conformance testing, and/or as a test bed for evaluating alternative software components in a HIAL environment.

Mohawk Applied Research Centre for Health Informatics at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, along with public and private sector partners, is continuing to build a reference implementation of the pan-Canadian Infoway standard that demonstrates the ESB/SOA approach. This article summarizes the project to date and suggested future research areas that will reduce the cost, risk and time barriers to widespread adoption of eHealth systems in Canada.1 aYendt, Mark1 aBender, Duane1 aMinaji, Brian  uhttp://timreview.ca/article/204