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AVÐÇÇò held its first open review of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework from March to May 2024. That review focused on the Data Content Standard and one component of the Common Data Architecture, the Information Model.

AVÐÇÇò is now launching its second open review of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework. This second open review runs from October 1 to November 29, 2024. More details about the open review can be found on our related web page.

Deliverables of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework

Initially, until the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework, CACDI and reach maturity, technology vendors such as electronic medical records (EMR), electronic health records (EHR) and hospital information systems (HIS) vendors and industry partners will leverage the pan-Canadian interoperability standards led by Canada Health Infoway, such as Patient Summary and  eReferral and eConsult.     

Once maturity is achieved,  as demonstrated through the maturity model, technology vendors and industry partners will use the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework’s, CACDI and CA Core+ as their reference for data capture, for data storage, in development of databases and registries, and for data exchange. By adopting or mapping to the common data architecture established by the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework, the CACDI and the CA Core+  FHIR profiles for data exchange, data captured in EMRs, EHRs and HIS will be accurate, will be consistent and will carry the same meaning — that is, such data will be interpreted in the same way by all these systems.  

A collaborative, multi-pronged and iterative approach is used to develop and consult on the products of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework. This approach includes

• Analysis of Canadian and international standards, frameworks, data models and best practices, including the pan-Canadian interoperability standards under development by Canada Health Infoway;
• Extensive consultation in Canada and abroad, including with people with lived experience and their families, Indigenous Peoples, clinicians, care providers, technology vendors and industry partners, researchers, provincial and territorial governments, federal departments, pan-Canadian health organizations, international standards and digital health organizations; 
• Co-contributor working groups that focus on the development and refinement of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework Data Content Standard and Common Data Architecture; and
• Open reviews that solicit feedback on the draft of the Data Content Standard and  common data architecture.

Through an iterative development process and with the feedback received, changes are made to products while ensuring alignment across the Data Content Standard and common data architecture. A detailed list of source documents consulted in the development of the Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework can be found in its .