Secure Messaging
E-health combines the basic technologies of unique identification, authorisation and message security to provide the safest and optimally secure method of exchanging healthcare information. These technologies, known collectively as secure messaging, ensure that the health information exchanged by healthcare providers is protected against malicious interference.
NEHTA is working with the medical software industry to develop specifications and standards for secure messaging for healthcare providers. This work is associated with the Australian government’s Practice Incentives Program.
Health messaging software systems need to conform to NEHTA’s technical specifications for secure messaging. Compliance requirements apply to suppliers of health messaging products and services. NEHTA has published a list of eligible suppliers that meet the compliance requirements.
Secure Message Delivery Specifications
The documents which describe the Secure Messaging Delivery, Web Services Profile and the XML Secure Payload profile specifications are now Technical Specifications published by Standards Australia. The Endpoint Location Service specification is now a Technical Report also published by Standards Australia.
These documents are no longer available from the NEHTA website but can be downloaded for free from the “SAI Global website” at http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/portal.aspx?portal=Informatics.
The Standards Australia document references are;
ATS 5820:2010 E-health Web Services Profile
ATS 5821:2010 E-health XML Secure Payload Profiles
ATS 5822:2010 E-health Secure Message Delivery
TR 5823:2010 Endpoint Location Service
NEHTA is supporting these specifications by providing a Compliance and Conformance Assessment Scheme which allows implementers of the specification to verify their software. Details of this Scheme are available at http://www.nehta.gov.au/connecting-australia/cca
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| Documents | Details | Published Date | Standard ID | Hits |
 Secure Message Delivery SMIME Profile | | 30/07/2010 | 150 | |
| Qualified Identifiers v2.0 | | 30/06/2010 | 222 | |
| Concepts and Patterns for Implementing Services v2.1 | | 30/06/2010 | 232 | |
| Connectivity: Architecture v1.1 | | 30/06/2010 | 254 | |
| Qualified Certificate Reference v1.2 | | 30/06/2010 | 207 | |
| Electronic Medications Management: ETP Endpoint Specification Release 1 V1.0_Draft for Comment | | 04/12/2009 | NEHTA 0573:2009 | 950 |
| Documents | Details | Published Date | Standard ID | Hits |
| Endpoint Location Service Requirements v1.2 | | 20/08/2009 | NETHA 488:2009 | 1298 |
Example Technical Implementation for XML Secured Payload: Microsoft .NET source code v1.1