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HB321—2008HandbookDefinitionofServicesinHealthcareMessagingHB321—2008AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon06Mar2008ThisHandbookwaspreparedbyCommitteeIT-014,HealthInformatics.ItwasapprovedonbehalfoftheCouncilofStandardsAustraliaon21December2007.ThisHandbookwaspublishedon19February2008.ThefollowingarerepresentedonCommitteeIT-014:�AustralianandNewZealandCollegeofAnaesthetists�AustralianAssociationofPathologyPractices�AustralianElectricalandElectronicManufacturersAssociation�AustralianInformationIndustryAssociation�AustralianInstituteofHealthandWelfare�AustralianInstituteofRadiography�AustralianPrivateHospitalsAssociation�AustralianDepartmentofHealthandAgeing�CentralQueenslandUniversity�Consumers’FederationofAustralia�Consumers’HealthForumofAustralia�CSIROe-HealthResearchCentre�DepartmentofHealth(SouthAustralia)�DepartmentofHealthWesternAustralia�DepartmentofHumanServices,Victoria�EngineersAustralia�HealthInformaticsSocietyofAustralia�HealthInformationManagementAssociationofAustralia�HL7Australia�MedicalIndustryAssociationofAustralia�MedicalSoftwareIndustryAssociation�NationalHealthInformationManagementPrincipalCommittee�NSWHealthDepartment�QueenslandHealth�RoyalAustralianandNewZealandCollegeofRadiologists�RoyalAustralianCollegeofGeneralPractitioners�RoyalAustralianCollegeofMedicalAdministrators�RoyalCollegeofNursing,Australia�RoyalCollegeofPathologistsofAustralasia�UniversityofSydneyAdditionalInterests:�CernerCorporation�CollaborativeCentreforeHealth�DH4�HCN�LaTrobeUniversity�McCauleySoftware�MichaelLeggandAssociates�MedicalObjects�OceanInformatics�PenComputerSystemsStandardsAustraliawishestoacknowledgetheparticipationoftheexpertindividualsthatcontributedtothedevelopmentofthisHandbookthroughtheirrepresentationontheCommittee.KeepingStandardsup-to-dateAustralianStandards®arelivingdocumentsthatreflectprogressinscience,technologyandsystems.Tomaintaintheircurrency,allStandardsareperiodicallyreviewed,andneweditionsarepublished.Betweeneditions,amendmentsmaybeissued.Standardsmayalsobewithdrawn.ItisimportantthatreadersassurethemselvestheyareusingacurrentStandard,whichshouldincludeanyamendmentsthatmayhavebeenpublishedsincetheStandardwaspublished.DetailedinformationaboutAustralianStandards,drafts,[e-mail],orwritetoStandardsAustralia,GPOBox476,Sydney,NSW2001.AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon06Mar2008TheStandardisdownloadedfrom—2008HandbookDefinitionofServicesinHealthcareMessagingFirstpublishedasHB321—2008.COPYRIGHT©StandardsAustraliaAllrightsarereserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedorcopiedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublisher.PublishedbyStandardsAustraliaGPOBox476,Sydney,NSW2001,AustraliaISBN0733785565AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon06Mar2008HB321—20082PREFACEThisHandbookwaspreparedbysubcommitteeIT-014-06,Messaging,underdirectionfromtheStandardsAustraliaCommitteeIT-014,HealthInformatics,inresponsetotheAustralianGovernment’sobjectivesforNationalStandardsandrelatedStandardspublicationswithinthehealthsector.ThemissionofIT-014-06istoinvestigateandmakerecommendationstoIT-014onstrategicdirectionsinmessaging.Theword‘Service’isoftenusedwithinasentenceorparagraphwithmultipleconnotationsormeanings.Forexample:‘ServiceProvidersofferlistingsoftheServicesunderaServicesOrientedArchitectureplatformthatisaccessedbyWebServices’.Inthiscontexttheword‘Service’or‘Services’isusedfourtimeswithoutanyclearorconsistentdefinition,orconsensusacrosstheHealthcare,CommunityServices(anotheruse),InformationManagementorInformationandCommunicationTechnologyCommunities.WiththeAustralianGovernmentandtheNationale-HealthTransitionAuthorities’(NEHTA)pushtowardsaServiceOrientedArchitecture(SOA)approachbasedonWebServicestosupportinteroperabilityinHealthcarethereisarequirementtodevelopastandarddefinitionandapproachtowardsidentifyingandspecifyingServicesthatwillberequiredtosupportMessagingandotherfunctionsthatarerequiredforsecureandreliablemachinereadablecommunications.ThisdocumentisintendedtoinformandassistindefininganapproachforimplementinghealthcareServiceswithinaServiceorientedarchitectureconcept.StandardsAustraliawishestothanktheAustralianGovernmentDepartmentofHealthandAgeingfortheircontinuedfinancialsupportinhelpingustodevelopthisHandbook.AccessedbyUNIVERSITYOFSOUTHAUSTRALIAon06Mar2008TheStandardisdownloadedfrom—2008CONTENTSPageSECTION1INTRODUCTION1.1GENERAL..................................................................................................................41.2PURPOSE...................................................................................................................41.3BENEFITS..................................................................................