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Victoria Pre-Implementation Project

The aim of this project is to produce artifacts that will support successful implementation of Healthcare Identifiers, including the following:

• Healthcare Identifier Architecture Solution Design
• Healthcare Identifier Business Requirements
• Healthcare Identifier Functional and Technical Specification
• Best Practice Guidelines
• Specification of Patient and Client Management Systems requirements to capture and exchange Individual Healthcare Identifiers (initially within iSOFT iPM)
• Cost estimates and Model Business Case for the implementation of Healthcare Identifiers

Progress

Finalisation and completion of project documents has been underway. Next phase planning has been considered by Department of Health Victoria in the context of PCEHR Wave 1 and 2 funding opportunities.

Project completion is anticipated for end December.

Milestone	Completion Date
Business Reqs (draft)	October 2010
Func Spec (draft)	October 2010
Reference Architecture (draft)**	November 2010
Tech Spec (draft)	November 2010
Business Reqs (final)	November 2010
Reference Architecture (final)	November 2010
Jurisdictional Workshop	November 2010
Func Spec (final)	December 2010
Tech Spec (final)	December 2010
Best Practice Guide	December 2010
Next phase planning artefacts	December 2010
Specification Requirements for P&CMS (initially iSOFT draft)	Withdrawn
Cost Estimates	Withdrawn

 

The Victorian HealthSMART IHI pre-implementation project documents provide learnings that can be shared with the sector.  These documents can help stakeholders better prepare themselves in their local implementations of identifiers. Pre-implementation risk assessments highlight what has to be done by a jurisdiction, beyond the responsibility of the Healthcare Identifiers Service and software vendors, to ensure quality and safety as identifiers are used.