IHE Test Tool Information

Overview

This page contains information about test tools available for testing IHE Profiles. Several organization contribute to this set of tools; thus the tools currently reside in different locations and have a variety of support models (jira, email lists). Not all IHE profiles have test tools. This can be a challenge for new implementers, but it is the current state of affairs.

These tools are commonly used in the context of an IHE Connectathon. In that case, our test management tool called 'Gazelle' gives you a customized list of tests to do based on the IHE profiles you support. The tools referenced on this page can be used outside of a Connectathon, but the information on this page assumes that Gazelle is helping to manage testing.

Index to IHE Test Tools

This table lists the tools available for testing IHE profiles, along with links to the tool & documentation.
To determine which tool to use for the profile you want to test, please refer to the domain-specific Index to Pre-Connectathon Tests in the next section.

Tool	Developed by	Type	Tool Location / Installation	User documentation & Training	Ready to use?	Support	Used for
ATNA: Gazelle Security Suite (gss)	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	http://gazelle.ihe.net/gss	ATNA pre-CAT test cases User Guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our jira issue tracker	ITI: ATNA (logging, TLS, digital certs)
CDA Validation tool	NIST	web-based or download	CDA Validation Tool	CDA Tool home page	Yes	CDA Validator contact	PCC: all CDA-based profiles except APE, TRS, ETS, ITS
DICOMscope CPI Visualization tools	OFFIS	install/run locally	IHE Display Consistency distribution page	DICOMscope overview page	Yes		RAD: CPI
DVTk DICOM validator	Philips, ICT		access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DICOM	DVTk training & documentation	Yes	DVTk forum	various DICOM-based profiles
Gazelle CDA Generator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	CDA Generator	CDA Generator info page	Yes
Gazelle Demographic Data Server (DDS)	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Demographic Data Server, or on your connectathon's gazelle under menu Connectathon / Patient Generation & Sharing	DDS info page also, Patient Generation & Sharing training slides	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	c'thon testing
Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS) aka "EVS client"	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	External Validation Service Front-End	Gazelle External Validation Services user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	AP: APW, ARPH CARD: CATH, ECHO, REWF, STRESS, CRC, RCS-C ITI: many; see here LAB: LAW, LBL, LCSD, LDA, LPOCT, LTW PCC: XBeR, XTHM PHARM: DIS, HMW, PADV, PRE, CMPD-WD QRPH: ADX RAD: XDS-I.b (Wado)
Gazelle DSUB validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DSUB	DSUB validator info page	Yes		ITI: DSUB
Gazelle HPD validator & simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Healthcare Provider Directory HPD Simulator	HPD simulator info page	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: HPD
Gazelle HL7 validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle HL7 validator	HL7 validator info	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	many
Gazelle HMW simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	HMW Simulator	HMW simulator user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	PHARM: HMW
Gazelle LBL simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	LBL simulator	LBL simulator user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	LAB: LBL
Gazelle LCSD simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	LCSD Simulator	LCSD simulator user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	LAB: LCSD
Gazelle Order Manager simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Order Manager application	Order Manager user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	RAD, EYE, CARD: HL7 orders & DICOM MWL LAB: LTW, LAW
Gazelle Patient Manager - PAM, PIX, PDQ, ADT simulator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Patient Manager application	Patient Manager user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: PAM, PDQ, PIX, PDS for XDS RAD, EYE, CARD: ADT actor
Gazelle Proxy	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle proxy	Proxy user guide	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	proxy for non-TLS msgs
Gazelle SVS simulator & validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle Sharing Value Set Simulator access SVS msg validator via External Validation Service Front End, IHE--Sharing Value Sets	SVS Simulator user guide Value sets provided by the SVS Simulator	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: SVS
Gazelle WADO validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Wado	WADO validator info page	Yes		RAD: XDS-I.b
Gazelle XCPD simulator & validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access XCPD msg validator via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->HL7v3 also, XCPD Responding Gateway Simulator	XCPD validator info page XCPD Resp GW user manual	Yes		ITI: XCPD
Gazelle XDW validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->XDW	XDW validation service info page	Yes		ITI: XDW PCC: XBer-WD,XTHM-WD
Gazelle XUA assertion validator	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->Assertions	Assertion validator info page	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: XUA
Gazelle XD* (XD Star) Client Application	IHE-Europe at Kereval	web-based	Gazelle XD* Client Application	Introduction to XDStarClient	Yes	submit issues & questions to our Jira issue tracker	ITI: servers in XDS, XDR, XCA, MPQ, DSUB, XCPD, XCF and RAD: XDS-I, XCA-I
HL7 v2.x Msg ValidationTool	NIST		NIST HL7v2.x Msg Validation Tool	Documentation	Yes	Contact us	QRPH: VRDR (2015), HW (2015)
MESA Tools	MIR	install/run locally	MESA Release page	Actor test plans	Yes	MESA tools support email list	CARD: CATH, ECHO, REWF, STRESS EYE: A-EYE, B-EYE, EC-CHG RAD: ARI, CHG, FUS, KIN, MAMMO, NMI, PGP, PIR, REM, RWF, SINR, SWF, TCE
MRRT tool	MIR	install/run locally	IHE Test and Management Tools	IHE Test and Management Tools	Yes		RAD: MRRT
MRRT Template Validator	RSNA Informatics Reporting	install/run locally	MRRT Template Validator	MRRT Templates	Yes		RAD: MRRT
PCD Isolated testing	NIST	web-based	IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon Test Tool	IHE-PCD Pre-Connectathon tool home page and Tutorial (November 2013) on Cycle 8 tooling/usage	Yes	NIST support team and join PCD testing google group	PCD: all profiles
PCD Instance testing	NIST	web-based	IHE-PCD Connectathon Test Tool	IHE-PCD Connectathon tool home page and Tutorial (November 2013) on Cycle 8 tooling/usage	Yes	NIST support team and join PCD testing google group	PCD: all profiles
PDI test application	Northwestern	install/run locally	Northwestern Radiology downloads page		Yes	Mongkolwat Pattanasak, Ph.D	RAD: PDI
PIX / PDQ tool	NIST	web-based	IHE PIX and PDQ Pre-Connectathon Test Tool	PIX / PDQ Tool documentation Instructions for submitting results are in actor test plans on: MESA Tools page	Yes	IHE PIX/PDQ google group	ITI: PDQ, PDQv3, PIX, PIXv3
REM DoseUtility tool	PixelMed	web-based or install locally	access via External Validation Service Front-End, IHE-->DICOM	how to use DoseUtility	Yes		RAD: REM
RFD Testing System	MIR	web-based or install locally	IHE Test and Management Tools	IHE Test and Management Tools	Yes		QRPH: BFDR-E, VRDR
RO Test Tool 2007	DVTk	download	access via DVTk download page		Yes		IHE-RO
Vital Records Tool	NIST	web-based	access via NIST VR Validation Tool	VR Tool Presentation	Yes	website admin	QRPH: VRDR HL7v2
XDS Public Registry Server	NIST	web-based	access via http://ihexds.nist.gov/		Yes	XDS implementors google group	ITI: XDS.b clients
XDS toolkit v4.x.x	NIST	install/run locally	XDS Toolkit download	Release notes Documentation	Yes	XDS implementors google group	ITI: XCA, XDR, XDS.b, MPQ, XDS-I, XCA-I RAD: XDS-I.b, XCA-I
XUA Security Token Service (STS)	Kereval	web-based	STS info page	service URL	Yes		ITI: XUA

Tool training material

We gather "how to" information about individual IHE tools, see: http://gazelle.ihe.net/training#ToolTraining

To learn how to use gazelle to find your pre-Connectathon tests and upload results, see: http://gazelle.ihe.net/content/pre-connectathon-testing

How to find your Pre-Connectathon Test Requirements, Tools and Documentation

Each system participating in an IHE Connectathon is required to run a set of pre-Connectathon tests based on the actors/profiles you registered for. First find out which tests are required for your system, then download the tools and documentation you need. Here's how...

1. What is the general pre-Connectathon test process?
   1. You will locate the tools and documentation you need using the tables below. Some tools you will run locally in your lab; other tools you will access over the internet.
   2. You will complete all tests from your required list of "test to do" in Gazelle. Each test contains a link to the test description containing instructions.
   3. For most pre-Connectathon tests, you will exchange a message (defined in an IHE transaction) with a test tool. Some tests ask you to test an object (eg. CDA document, DICOM image) against a tool that evaluates its contents. The tool will evaluate the message or object and create a log file indicating 0 or more errors.
   4. Once you achieve an error-free log for each test, upload that log file into Gazelle.
   5. Connectathon Project Managers will be monitoring your progress completing tests in the weeks prior to the Connectathon.
2. Specifically, what are my pre-Connectathon test requirements??? - Pre-Connectathon Test Requirements are available in Gazelle after the close of Connectathon registration.
   1. Requirements for your connectathon test system are in Gazelle under menu Connectathon-->Pre-Connectathon Testing This list of tests to do is based on the profile/actors/options you have registered to test. This is also where you upload results/logs for pre-connectathon tests.
3. How do I find the test tool software and documentation I need???
   1. The answer to this question has two parts:
      1. Refer to the Index to Pre-Connectathon Test Status by Domain on this page. This will tell you which tools you need based on the profiles you are testing
      2. Next, refer to the Index to IHE Tools below, which contains the location of the software & documentation for each tool
   2. Note that, unlike Connectathon tests, the pre-Connectathon test descriptions do not reside in gazelle itself. This is because IHE has several different organizations that contribute tools and tests. Each pre-Connectathon test in gazelle does contain a link to the external test descriptions.
4. Where do I upload the results (test logs) from my pre-Connectathon tests In gazelle under Connectathon-->Pre-Connectathon Testing . We have training material on this gazelle task here
5. When are my test logs due? - Refer to the schedule for your Connectathon. Each event has its own due date.

Are these tests a requirement?

Occasionally we get questions like, "Do I have to complete pre-Connectathon tests in order to participate in the Connectathon?", or "What happens if I don't do my tests?"

In the early years of IHE, the Connectathon sponsors told vendors that if they did not complete their pre-Connectathon tests, they were not allowed to participate in the Connectathon itself. Over time, this hard-and-fast rule has been relaxed a bit to ensure that all interested vendors have the opportunity to perform Connectathon testing.

Here is the guidance we give now:

• IHE invests in tool development and gives you a set of pre-Connectathon tests because we believe that when you perform these tests, you will improve the implementation of IHE profiles in your product. The tools help your development efforts reach at least one point of confirmation.
• At the Connectathon, the focus shifts from tool-based tests done during the pre-Connectathon phase to peer-to-peer interoperability tests. That said, IHE's tools are used to check messages & validate content during the Connectathon. If you have completed your pre-Connectathon tests, you will have no problems using the tools during Connectathon week.
• If you have "done your homework" by completing your pre-Connectathon tests, you will be ***much*** more likely to pass your peer-to-peer tests during the Connectathon. Connectathon Managers review your pre-Connectathon test logs in advance of the event. We know which vendors are prepared and which are not. Unprepared vendors who are struggling during the Connectathon will get low priority support from both the Connectathon Managers and the monitors grading tests. The Connectathon is a fast-paced, rigorous engineering event; if you are not prepared, your test partners will quickly learn that you are not a reliable partner and turn their attention to testing with a vendor who is prepared.

We hope that you are motivated to do your very best to prepare for the Connectathon by completing all of your pre-Connectathon tests by the posted deadline, but completing tests late is better than not doing them at all.

Are they a requirement if I am doing Supportive testing?

Our policy on Supportive testing states that if you qualify to perform Supportive testing, pre-Connectathon tests are not a requirement (because you have completed them in a previous year). Note, however, that we do not remove these tests from your pre-Connectathon list of 'Tests do do'; some vendors still want to perform the tests as part of their preparation. If you choose to skip the tests, just mark their status to be 'Supportive' in gazelle so we understand your intent.

Pre-Connectathon Test Status - by Domain

The tables below identify the status of pre-Connectathon tests and which tools are used to test each IHE profile.
To locate the tools and documentation, refer to the Index to IHE tools in the previous section.

Anatomic Pathology

Eric Poiseau is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
APW - Anatomic Pathology Workflow	No tests defined	You may use the Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 messages specific to this profile
ARPH - Anatomic Pathology Reporting to Public Health	No tests defined	You may use the Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 messages specific to this profile
ARSR - Anatomic Pathology Structured Reports

Cardiology

There is no Technical Project Manager assigned to the Cardiology domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
CATH - Cardiac Catheterization Workflow	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools. Use Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 msg & DICOM object validation. Use Patient Manager & Order Manager for ADT, ORM & MWL simulators.
CIRC - Cardiac Imaging Report Content		No test tool. Test defined to exchange pre-Connectathon samples.
CRC - Cath Report Content	TESTS READY	Use Gazelle External Validation Service for validation of the CDA document
DRPT - Displayable Reports		No test tools.
ECHO - Echocardiography Workflow	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools. Use Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 msg & DICOM object validation. Use Patient Manager & Order Manager for ADT, ORM & MWL simulators.
ECG - Retrieve ECG for Display	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools
ED-CARD - Evidence Documents for Cardiology	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools
ED-CARD extensions for Stress Testing and CT/MR Angiography		No test tool. Test defined to exchange pre-Connectathon samples.
EPRC-IE - Electrophysiology Implan/Explant Report Content		No test tool. Test defined to exchange pre-Connectathon samples.
IEO - Image-Enabled Office	No tests defined	No test tools.
RCS-C - Registry Content Submission - Cath PCI	TESTS READY	Use Gazelle External Validation Service for validation of the CDA document
RCS-EP - Registry Content Submission - Electrophysiology		Use Gazelle External Validation Service for validation of the CDA document
REWF - Resting ECG Workflow	Some tests ready	Use MESA Tools. Use Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 msg & DICOM object validation. Use Patient Manager & Order Manager for ADT, ORM & MWL simulators. / Note that these are standard "SWF-style" tests. No REWF-specific tests provided.
STRESS - Stress Testing Workflow	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools. Use Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7 msg & DICOM object validation. Use Patient Manager & Order Manager for ADT, ORM & MWL simulators.

No Technical Project Manager in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
SEDI - Secure Exchange of Dental Information

Eye Care

Lynn Felhofer is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
ECED - Eye Care Evidence Documents	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools. Evidence Creators also use Gazelle External Validation Service for DICOM object validation.
ECDR - Eye Care Displayable Reports	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools
EC-Summary - Eye Care Summary document	No test tools.	We have a pre-Connectathon test for Content Creator & Content Consumer actors to exchange pre-connectathon sample documents.
GEE - General Eye Evaluation	No test tools.	We have a pre-Connectathon test for Content Creator & Content Consumer actors to exchange pre-connectathon sample documents.
U-EYECARE - Unified Eye Care Workflow	TESTS READY	MOD & AMI actors use the Gazelle External Validation Service for DICOM object validation. Use Gazelle Order Manager as a Modality Worklist SCP. No tools for the new EYECARE HL7 transactions, but pre-Connectathon tests do manual scrutiny of sample messages.

IT Infrastructure

Lynn Felhofer is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
ATNA - Audit Trail and Node Authentication	TESTS READY	SN & SA actors: for TLS testing use ATNA Gazelle Security Suite to obtain Digital Cert for connectathon testing, plus TLS and ATNA logging testing. No tools for Retrieve Audit Msg or Retrieve Syslog Msg options
APPC - Patient Patient Privacy Consents		No test tools;
BPPC - Basic Patient Privacy Consents	TESTS READY	Content Creators use the Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS client) - CDA validator
CSD - Care Services Discovery		No test tools; one pre-Connectathon test for Directory to load CSD test data developed for Connectathon testing.
CT - Consistent Time		No test tools.
DEN - Document Encryption		No test tools.
DSG - Document Digital Signature		No test tools.
DSUB - Document Metadata Subscription	TESTS READY	Use Gazelle External Validation Service -- DSUB validator
EUA - Enterprise User Authentication		No test tools.
HPD - Healthcare Provider Directory	TESTS READY	HPD Directory and Consumer actors use HPD Provider Directory test tool -- includes base HPD tests & test for the Federation Option. All actors use the Gazelle External Validation Services - HPD msg validator
IUA - Internet User Authentication		No test tools.
mACM - Mobile Alert Communication Management	TEST READY	Actors that create FHIR resources use Gazelle EVSClient
MHD - Mobile Access to Health Documents	TEST READY	Actors that create FHIR resources use Gazelle EVSClient
MPQ - Multi-Patient Queries	TESTS READY	Use the NIST XDS Tools
PAM - Patient Administration Management	TESTS READY	Use Gazelle External Validation Services for HL7 msg validation. Use the Gazelle Patient Manager as a simulator for PAM Patient Demographics Supplier and Consumer.
PDQ - Patient Demographics Query	TESTS READY	Use NIST PIX / PDQ tool. Use Gazelle External Validation Services for HL7v2 msg validation. Use the Gazelle Patient Manager as a simulator for Patient Demographics Consumer and Supplier.
PDQ-V3 - Patient Demographic Query HL7 v3	TESTS READY	Use NIST PIX / PDQ tool. Use Gazelle External Validation Services for HL7v3 msg validation.
PDQm - Patient Demographic Query for Mobile	TEST READY	Actors that create FHIR resources use Gazelle EVSClient
PIX - Patient Identifier Cross-Referencing	TESTS READY	Use NIST PIX / PDQ tool. Use Gazelle External Validation Services for HL7v2 msg validation. Use the Gazelle Patient Manager as a simulator for PIX Manager, Consumer, and Source actors.
PIX-V3 - Patient Identifier Cross-Reference HL7 v3	TESTS READY	Use NIST PIX / PDQ tool. Use Gazelle External Validation Services for HL7v3 msg validation.
PIXm - Patient Identifier Cross-Reference for Mobile	TEST READY	Actors that create FHIR resources use Gazelle EVSClient
PLT - Patient Location Tracking		No test tools.
PSA - Patient Synchronized Applications		No test tools.
PWP - Personnel White Pages		No test tools.
RFD - Retrieve Form for Data Capture	TESTS READY	Form Fillers use the RFD Testing System
RID - Retrieve Information for Display	TESTS READY	Use the MESA Tools
SeR - Secure Retrieve	TESTS READY	Use the Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS client) - Assertion validators
SVS - Sharing Value Sets	TESTS READY	Use the Gazelle SVS Simulator. Also use the Gazelle External Validation Service for validation of the SVS messages.
XCA - Cross-Community Access	TESTS READY	Use the NIST XDS Toolkit v4.x.x
XCDR - Cross-Community Document Reliable Interchange		No test tools
XCF - Cross Community Fetch	TESTS READY	Use the Gazelle XD* Client XCF simulator for sending XCF ITI-63 messages Use the Gazelle EVS Client for ITI-63 request/response msg validation
XCPD - Cross-Community Patient Discovery	TESTS READY	Use the Gazelle XD* Client XCPD Simulator for sending ITI-55 messages. Use the Gazelle External Validation Service - HL7v3 msg validator to validate ITI-55 and ITI-56 request & response.
XDM - Cross-Enterprise Document Media Interchange
XDR - Cross-Enterprise Document Reliable Interchange	TESTS READY	Doc Recipient use the NIST XDS Toolkit v4.x.x. Doc Source use XDS Public Registry Use Gazelle EVS Client for request/response message validation
XDS.b - Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing	TESTS READY	Doc Registry & Repository use the NIST XDS Toolkit v4.x.x Doc Source, Consumer, Administrator use XDS Public Registry Use Gazelle EVS Client for request/response message validation
XDS-SD - Cross-Enterprise Sharing of Scanned Documents	TESTS READY	Content Creators use CDA Schematron and PDF/A validation available in the Gazelle External Validation Service
XDW - Cross-Enterprise Document Workflow	TESTS READY	Content Creators use Gazelle External Validation Service -- XDW validator
XPID - XAD-PID Change Management		No test tools.
XUA - Cross-Enterprise User Assertion	TESTS READY	X-Service Users, use Gazelle External Validation Service - Assertion validator Also use XUA Security Token Service (STS)

Laboratory

Eric Poiseau is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
ILW
LAW	TESTS READY	Use the Order Manager and the Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7V2 message validation. / Refer to List of LAW pre-connectathon tests
LBL	TESTS READY	Use LBL simulator, and the Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7V2 message validation. / Refer to the List of LBL pre-connectathon tests.
LCSD	TESTS READY	Use the LCSD simulator, and the Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7V2 message validation. / Refer to List of LCSD pre-connectathon tests
LDA, LPOCT		Use Gazelle External Evaluation Service for HL7V2 message validation.
LTW	TESTS READY	Use the Gazelle Order Manager, and the Gazelle External Evaluation Service for HL7V2 message validation. / Refer to the List of LTW pre-connectahton tests.
XD-LAB - Sharing Laboratory Reports	TESTS READY	Use the CDA validation tool from NIST or the Gazelle External Validation Services Client.

Patient Care Coordination

Steve Moore is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Comment	Tools to use / Notes
APE - Antepartum Education	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
APHP - Antepartum History and Physical	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
APL - Antepartum Lab	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST to do CDA R2 validation. No schematron test.
APS - Antepartum Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
CM - Care Management	No tests defined	No tools
CTNN - Composite Triage and Nursing Note	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
EDPN - Emergency Department Physician's Note	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
EDR - Emergency Department Referral	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
EHDI-WD - Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Workflow Definition	No tests defined	No tools
ENS - eNursing Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
ETS - EMS Transport Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST to do CDA R2 validation.
IC - Immunization Content	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
ITS - Interfacility Transport Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST to do CDA R2 validation. No schematron test.
LDHP - Labor and Delivery History and Physical	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
LDS - Labor and Delivery Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
MDS - Maternal Discharge Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
NDS - Newborn Discharge Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
NN - Nursing Note	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
PPOC - Patient Plan of Care	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
PPVS - Post-partum Visit Summary	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
PW - Perinatal Workflow	No tests defined	No tools
QED - Query for Existing Data	TESTS READY	No tools. Tests to exchange sample QED queries defined in actor test plans on MESA Tools Main Page.
RCG - Request for Clinical Guidance	No tests defined	No tools
RECON - Reconciliation of Diagnoses, Allergies, & Meds	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
TN - Triage Note	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
XBeR-WD - Cross-Enterprise eReferral Workflow Definition	Tests under development	Use XDW validator in Gazelle External Validation Service
XDS-MS - Cross Enterprise Sharing of Medical Summaries	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
XPHR - Exchange of Personal Health Record Content	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use CDA validation tool from NIST
XTB-WD - Cross-Enterprise Tumor Board Workflow Definition	No tests defined	No tools
XTHM-WD - Cross-Enterprise TeleHomeMonitoring Workflow Definition	Tests under development	Use XDW validator in Gazelle External Validation Service

Patient Care Devices

Paul Sherman is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
Pre-Connectathon Tests; RTM conformance is required for all except IDCO and RDQ (see below).	Tests Ready	PCD uses NIST PCD Tools for most HL7 v2 Pre-Connectathon tests. Links are provided here. If an Isolated Test is available that is the required test. A few tests are at the Instance Test level. In that case, Instance Tests are the type test required. Most Isolated Tests include Instance Testing, and Instance Tests can be used as development tools for most tests. CAUTION: Select the correct URL for the type of test (Isolated or Instance) required for Pre-Connectathon testing – i.e., if an Isolated Test is available that is the required test; Instance Tests are required only if an Isolated Test is not available. The type of test is defined within the Gazelle test. - Isolated Testing: http://ihe-pcd-precon.nist.gov/ - Instance Testing: http://ihe-pcd-con.nist.gov/ If the required test is an Isolated Test you must remember to post (i.e., commit) the test results within the test tool. For all tests upload the log to Gazelle and indicate Self Verified; comments may be included. You can find the list of tests with identification of the type of test at PCD Connectathon ftp site.
DEC - Device Enterprise Communication	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected. There are 3 options: SPD, POI, WCM.
ACM - Alarm Communication Management	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected. There is one option: WCM.
IDCO - Implantable Device Cardiac Observation	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
IPEC - Infusion Pump Event Communication	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
PIV - Point-of-Care Infusion Verification	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
RDQ - Retrospective Data Query	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
RTM - Rosetta Terminology Mapping	Tests Ready	All PCD Profiles except IDCO and RDQ require conformance with RTM. Versions are available at [1]
WCM - Waveform Communication.	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
MEMDMC - Medical Device Management Device Management Communication	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.
MEMDLS - Medical Device Management Location Services	Tests Ready	Gazelle and NIST will provide tests appropriate to the actor you have selected.

Pharmacy

Eric Poiseau is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
CMPD - Community Medication Prescription and Dispense
DIS - Pharmacy Dispense		Use Gazelle External Validation Service for CDA document validation.
HMW - Hospital Medication Workflow		Use the HMW simulator. Use Gazelle External Validation Service for HL7V2 message validation.
PADV - Pharmaceutical Advice		Use Gazelle External Validation Service for CDA document validation.
PRE - Pharmacy Prescription		Use Gazelle External Validation Service for CDA document validation.

Quality, Research, Public Health

Lynn Felhofer is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
ADX - Aggregate Data Exchange	TEST READY	Content Data Structure Creator actor use the Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS client) - IHE - SDMX
BFDR-E - Birth & Fetal Death Reporting -Enhanced	TESTS READY	Form Filler, Form Mgr, Form Processor actors use the RFD Testing System
CRD - Clinical Research Document	TESTS READY	Form Filler actors use the Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS client) - CDA validator
CRPC - Clinical Research Process Content		No test tool
DEX - Data Element Exchange		No test tool
DSC - Drug Safety Content		No test tool
EHDI - Early Hearing Detection & Intervention		No test tool
EHDI-WD - Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Workflow Definintion		No test tool
FP - Family Planning
HW - Healthy Weight	TESTS READY	Info Source and Form Receiver Msg Exporter actors use NIST HL7 v2.x Message Validation Tool
NANI - Newborn Admission Notification Information		No test tool
PRPH-Ca - Physician Reporting to a Public Health Repository - Cancer Registry	TESTS READY	Content Creator actors use the Gazelle External Validation Services (EVS client) - CDA validator
QME-EH - Quality Measure Execution - Early Hearing		No test tool
RM - Research Mapping		No test tool
RPE - Retrieve Protocol for Execution		No test tool
RSP - Redaction Services		No test tool
SDC - Structured Data Capture		No test tool
VRDR - Vital Records Death Reporting	TESTS READY	Form Filler, Form Mgr, Form Processor actors use the RFD Testing System Information Source and Form Rcvr Msg Exporter actors use the Vital Records Validation tool from NIST

Radiology

Lynn Felhofer is the Technical Project Manager who oversees testing in this domain.

Profile	Status of pre-Connectathon tests	Tool to use / Notes
ARI - Access to Radiology Information	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
BIR - Basic Image Review (incl. BIR viewer on PDI media)	TESTS READY	No test tools. Image Displays see test plan at this link
CDS-OAT - Clinical Decision Support - Order Appropriateness Tracking	TESTS READY	No CDS-OAT-specific tools. Order Placer and Order Filler use Gazelle EVSclient to evaluate base requirements for RAD-2, 3, 4
CHG - Charge Posting	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
CPI - Consistent Presentation of Images	TESTS READY	Use DICOMScope
CXCAD - Presentation of Chest CAD SR		No test tool
DBT - Digital Breast Tomosynthesis		No test tools specific to DBT. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
DIFF - MR Diffusion Imaging		No test tools specific to DIFF. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
ED - Evidence Documents		No test tools specific to ED. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
FUS - Image Fusion	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
IID - Invoke Image Display		No test tool; one pre-Connectathon test for Image Display to load test data to use for Connectathon testing.
IOCM - Image Object Change Management		No test tool
IRWF.b - Import Reconciliation Workflow		No test tool
KIN - Key Image Note	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
MAMMO - Mammography Image	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
MAWF - Mammography Acquisition Workflow		No test tools specific to MAWF. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
MRRT - Management of Radiology Reporting Templates	TESTS READY	MRRT tool and MRRT template validator
NMI - Nuclear Medicine Image	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
PAWF - Post-Acquisition Workflow		No test tool
PDI - Portable Data for Imaging	TESTS READY	Portable Media Creator actor use PDI test application from Northwestern
PDI - updates in the PDI extensions TI supplement		No test tool
PERF - CT/MR Perfusion Imaging with Contrast		No test tool specific to PERF. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
PGP - Presentation of Grouped Procedures	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
PIR - Patient Information Reconciliation	TESTS READY	Use MESA Tools
REM - Radiation Exposure Monitoring	TESTS READY	MOD actor use REM PixelMed DoseUtility
RWF - Reporting Workflow	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
SINR - Simple Image and Numeric Report	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
SMI - Stereotactic Mammography Image		No test tool specific to SMI. Tests defined for MOD, Img Display & Img Mgr to exchange pre-connectathon samples & validate DICOM objects.
SWF - Scheduled Workflow	TESTS READY	MOD actor use the Gazelle External Validation Service for DICOM object validation. Use Gazelle Order Manager as a Modality Worklist SCP. Use MESA tools for DICOM message exchange. ADT, OP and OF actors use the Gazelle External Validation Service to check the HL7 messages you send. OP, OF actors, use Gazelle Patient Manager as an ADT simulator to send RAD-1 and RAD-12 messages. Use Gazelle Order Manager as a simulator to send ORM messages, RAD-2, RAD-3. Use of MESA tools for DICOM-based workflows is optional. Img Mgr actor use Order Manager as a simulator to send RAD-4 and RAD-13. Use MESA Tools for DICOM-based workflows. No tools for Image Display & PPSM actors.
SWF.b - Scheduled Workflow.b	TESTS READY	MOD actor use the Gazelle External Validation Service for DICOM object validation. Use Gazelle Order Manager as a Modality Worklist SCP. Use MESA tools for DICOM message exchange. ADT, OP and OF actors use the Gazelle External Validation Service to check the HL7 messages you send. OP, OF actors use Order Manager as a simulator for HL7v2.5.1 order msgs: RAD-2, RAD-3. Use of MESA tools for DICOM-based workflows is optional. IM actor use Order Manager as a simulator for HL7v2.5.1 order msgs: RAD-4, RAD-13. Use MESA Tools for DICOM-based workflows. No tools for Image Display & PPSM actors.
SWF & PIR - as updated in the Multiple Image Manager/Archive (MIMA) TI Supplement		No test tool
TCE - Teaching FIle and Clinical Trial Export	TESTS READY	MESA Tools
WIC - Web-based Image Capture		No test tool
XCA-I - Cross Community Access for Imaging	TESTS READY	Init Img GW and Resp Img GW use XDS Toolkit v4.x.x Also, use the Gazelle XD* client for sending RAD-69 and RAD-75 messages.
XDR-I - Cross-enterprise Document Reliable Interchange for Imaging		No test tool
XDS-I.b - Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging	TESTS READY	Img Doc Source use XDS Toolkit v4.x.x Also, use the Gazelle XD* client for sending RAD-68, -69, -55 messages, and the Gazelle External Validation Service - WADO validator