BC Ministry of Health
Request for Proposals
Requirement I-3:
Receives lab reports from private and/or public lab facilities that use Medinet for reporting. See http://medi.net. Proponents that are in compliance are to attach to their response proof that they have passed Medinet (amended from Excelleris) compliance testing, or proof of currently live interfaces with lab providers using Medinet.
Question 11-1:
In Section I, you've requested a number of 'proof of Interfaces'. Our experience has been that this sometimes takes more than a few weeks to obtain. Does this proof have to be included with our response or can it be included prior to the end of the Validation & Demo cycle?
Answer:
The requirements in Section I make reference to 'proof that they have passed [xyz] compliance testing' or 'proof of currently live interfaces'. Either is acceptable. For further clarification, the Proponent may provide a letter of confirmation of compliance from the authorizing entity, or may provide a letter of evidence from a client with a currently live interface. If neither is available, the proponent should cite their compliance and may provide the required evidence before the end of Validation Testing.
Please note: This stipulation does not affect the requirement that the response to all requirements must be based on 'coexisting functionality in the Proponent's most current production environment' at the time of the submission of the Proposal.
In the case of the Teleplan requirement in I-1, the aforementioned proof of compliance with Teleplan 4.0 is not required as the Ministry can alternatively gather this confirmation directly from Teleplan. However, since Teleplan cannot provide direct proof of compliance with WCB and Primary Healthcare specifications, the Proponent will be required to provide this proof before Validation Testing if they indicate in their response that they are compliant.
Medinet does not subject EMR vendors to compliance testing. We expect vendors to be responsible to their clients, and to create and maintain software that correctly imports and displays laboratory data.
In our opinion, vendors that are able to import our standard text-based report, identify it with a particular patient and physician and then display or print the report meet this requirement. This is something that should be referred to when completing the response template and demonstrated during validation testing.
Please note:
Vendors may request a letter from Medinet indicating that specific reference clients are receiving lab reports over our network, which can be included in submissions for SATP-219. Please call Kate at 604.742.8833 for more information.
The requirements are the same for HL-7 data from Medinet. The vendor system should import the data from our standard format and display or print it as necessary.
Medinet provides documentation and sample data files are available for vendor reference.
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