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.

NEHTA is publishing a Compliance and Conformance Assessment Scheme and conformance test specifications, together with the business and technical specifications for secure messaging. Any organisation that is assessing an e health secure messaging software system or service should refer to these documents. They may also be referenced by any healthcare provider requiring products that conform to NEHTA’s specifications.

Test specifications – the foundations of e-health
Conformance test specifications define the tests used in verifying that software systems conform to NEHTA’s specifications. Conformance test specifications have been developed for the e-health foundations that NEHTA has defined and will be made available through this website as they are completed.

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DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Secure Messaging Fact SheetFile Icon 19/08/2006 6836



DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Towards a Secure Messaging Environment v2.0File Icon 20/11/2006NEHTA 0021_2.0:2006 6911



DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Electronic Medications Management: ETP Endpoint Specification Release 1 V1.0_Draft for CommentFile Icon 04/12/2009NEHTA 0573:2009 355
File Icon Endpoint Location Service XML Schema and WSDL Files v1.2File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 490:2009 467
File Icon Endpoint Location Service Architecure v1.2File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 487:2009 665
File Icon Qualified Certificate Reference v1.1File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 486:2009 612
File Icon XML Secured Payload Profile v1.2 XML Schema filesFile Icon 19/08/2009NEHTA 483:2009 416
File Icon XML Secured Payload Profile v1.2File Icon 19/08/2009NEHTA 482:2009 647
File Icon Web Services Profile v3.1File Icon 19/08/2009NEHTA 481:2009 673
File Icon Connectivity: Architecture v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0318:2008 1756
File Icon Concepts and Patterns for Implementing Services v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0321:2008 1548
File Icon Qualified Identifiers v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0325:2008 1666



DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Endpoint Location Service Requirements v1.2File Icon 20/08/2009NETHA 488:2009 695



DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon Example SMDA Implementation Alpha ReleaseFile Icon 23/02/2010 75
File Icon ELS Sample Implementation Java Binary Distribution v1.0.1File Icon 08/09/2009NEHTA 0524:2009 333
File Icon ELS Sample Implementation Java Source Distribution v1.0.1File Icon 08/09/2009NEHTA 0523:2009 326
File Icon SMI Commons Java Binary Distribution v1.0.1File Icon 08/09/2009NEHTA 0522:2009 299
File Icon SMI Commons Java Source Distribution v1.0.1File Icon 08/09/2009NETHA 0521:2009 336
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator v1.0 draft 2009-06-30: sourceFile Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 503:2009 340
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator v1.0 draft 2009-06-30: binaryFile Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 502:2009 305
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator: Installation and Administration Guide v1.0 draft 2009-06-30File Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 501:2009 572
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator: High Level Design v1.1 2009-06-30 File Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 500:2009 580
File Icon Chasca v1.0File Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 499:2009 332
File Icon soapUI extensions v1.0File Icon 21/08/2009NEHTA 498:2009 330
File Icon Endpoint Location Service Detailed Design v1.0File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 491:2009 552
File Icon Endpoint Location Service Implementation Guide v1.2File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 489:2009 532
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator: Detailed Design v1.0 draft 2009-06-30File Icon 19/08/2009NEHTA 480:2009 490
File Icon Connectivity: Introductory Guide v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0319:2008 1392
File Icon Connectivity: Implementation Guide v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0320:2008 1522
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: JAX-WS v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0326:2008 1923
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: JAX-WS source code v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0327:2008 779
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: WCF v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0328:2008 1649
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: WCF source code v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0329:2008 767
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: WSE v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0330:2008 1496
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for Interoperable Web Services: WSE source code v2.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0331:2008 744
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for XML Secured Payload Profile: Java v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0332:2008 1469
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for XML Secured Payload Profile: Java source code v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0333:2008 758
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for XML Secured Payload: Microsoft .NET v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0334:2008 1418
File Icon Example Technical Implementation for XML Secured Payload: Microsoft .NET source code v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0335:2008 752



DocumentsDetailsPublished DateStandard IDHits
File Icon ELS Sample Implementation Java Binary Distribution v1.0File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 495:2009 324
File Icon ELS Sample Implementation Java Source Distribution v1.0File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 494:2009 342
File Icon SMI Commons Java Binary Distribution v1.0File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 493:2009 318
File Icon SMI Commons Java Source Distribution v1.0File Icon 20/08/2009NEHTA 492:2009 348
File Icon Endpoint Location Service: XML Schema filesFile Icon 08/05/2009 567
File Icon Qualified Certificate Reference v1.1 Draft 2009-05-07File Icon 08/05/2009 875
File Icon Endpoint Location Service v1.2 Draft 2009-05-07File Icon 08/05/2009 854
File Icon Web Services Profile v3.1 draft 20090220File Icon 24/04/2009 928
File Icon Web Services Profile v3.0[Archived]File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0322:2008 1417
File Icon XML Secured Payload Profile v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0323:2008 1449
File Icon XML Secured Payload Profile: XML Schema files v1.0 File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0324:2008 844
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Requirements v1.1File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0336:2008 1548
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Architecture v1.1 [Archived]File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0337:2008 1346
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Implementation Guide v1.1File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0338:2008 1257
File Icon Connectivity Coordinator: High Level Design v1.0File Icon 05/12/2008NEHTA 0339:2008 1315
File Icon Concepts and Patterns for Implementing Services v2.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0261:2008 1596
File Icon Notification: Endpoint Specification v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0262:2008 1528
File Icon Qualified Identifiers v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0263:2008 2015
File Icon Web Services Profile v3.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0264:2008 1740
File Icon XML Secured Payload Profile v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0265:2008 1591
File Icon Notification: Endpoint Specification: WSDL and XML Schema files v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0266:2008 864
File Icon XML Secured payload Profile: XML Schema Files v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0267:2008 889
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Business and Information Architecture v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA_0268:2008 1541
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Business Scenarios v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0269:2008 1680
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Requirements v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0270:2008 2452
File Icon Service Instance Locator: Technical Architecture v1.0 draft [Archived]File Icon 02/09/2008NEHTA 0271:2008 1525
File Icon Example Technical Implementation of Interoperable Web Services: WSE v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 03/07/2007NEHTA 0086:2007 5986
File Icon Example Technical Implementation of Interoperable Web Services: WCF v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 03/07/2007NEHTA 0085:2007 6468
File Icon Example Technical Implementation of Interoperable Web Services: JAX-WS v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 03/07/2007NEHTA 0084:2007 6269
File Icon Guidelines for Implementing Interoperable Web Services v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 28/03/2007NEHTA 0067:2007 4410
File Icon Technical Architecture for Implementing Services v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 21/12/2006NEHTA 0033:2006 4309
File Icon Web Services Standards Profile v2.0 [Archived]File Icon 13/12/2006NEHTA 0009_2.0:2006 4735
File Icon Web Services Standards Profile v1.0 [Archived]File Icon 03/02/2006NEHTA 0009_1.0:2006 5218