PharmaNet Professional and Software Compliance Standards Library

The Application Services Professional and Software Compliance Standards for connection to PharmaNet have been organized into six volumes based on functional requirements.

There are common volumes required by all software developers, plus business and technical volumes for the specific functions.

Common Volumes
Volume 1 - Introduction
Volume 4 - HL7 Message Catalog
Volume 5 - Security
Volume 6 - Glossary


Functional Volumes
Volume 2 - Business Requirements
Volume 3 - Technical Requirements


Volumes 2 & 3 are each issued in 5 versions according to the following functions:

• Emergency Department
• Hospital
• Hospital Admitting
• Medical Practice
• Pharmacy

Current versions of the PharmaNet Compliance Standards can be downloaded in PDF format from the table below.

See also the PharmaNet Compliance Test Cases

Support Contact for Compliance Standards

For more information, please e-mail the Software Support Organization Coordinator at HLTH.HnetSSOSupport@gov.bc.ca, or phone the Ministry of Health HelpDesk at 250-952-1234.

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Last Revised: Thursday, 20-Aug-2009 15:55:34 PDT