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Version | 1.0.0 | ||||||||
Type | Interoperability Standard | ||||||||
Status | Effective | ||||||||
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Supports interoperability within and between solutions with common specifications, frameworks and implementation guides. |
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Introduction
The Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) is a set of common specifications, frameworks and implementation guides that support interoperability.
The ITK attempts to solve these problems by providing a number of specifications and technologies which are consistent and applicable across a wide range of domains and localities. It's not a piece of software or a downloadable product.
Individual interfaces within the Interoperability
Standard may require suppliers to implement in accordance with, and show compliance to, either ITK2 or ITK3.
Requirements - ITK2
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ITK01 | The ITK |
Standards fall into various areas including core messaging elements and supporting infrastructure, specialist additional modules, messaging transports such as TMS, DTS and its own ITK web |
Services Standard and a number of specific message standards. |
Systems can become compliant under a number of different configurations, specifically ITK Middleware, ITK Spine Mini Service Provider and ITK Application. In the context of GP systems, the system MUST offer an ITK Application interface as a minimum and may offer additional configurations if required. |
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ITK02 | The system MUST support the following modules |
from the ITK v2 ‘Application’ configuration:
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ITK 2.2 statusNote: The current documentation for Interoperabilty Toolkit v2 on developer.nhs.uk and TRUD is version 2.2. |
However this version was never fully implemented and so the latest version for GP IT compliance (web service transport) is ITK version 2.1. Specification documentation attached: |
Requirements - ITK3
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ITK03 | ITK3 implements STU3 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) messaging over Messaging Exchange for Social Care and Health (MESH) |
with extensions to provide an acknowledgement framework. Go to https://developer.nhs.uk/interoperability-tool-kit-itk-specification-versions/ for the directory of published ITK3 Messaging Distribution versions. |
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Compliance, Assurance & Testing
Compliance, assurance and testing resources that support implementers of this specification can be obtained by visiting: https://developer.nhs.uk/library/interoperability/itk/, in particular, 'Part 4: Testing and Accrediting an Implementation'.
For further advice and support beyond what is set out above, please
contact itkconformance@nhs.net.
Documentation
Dependencies
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There may be dependencies for implementing this Standard, however, there are no Interoperability Standards within the Capabilities and Standards model that are dependents. |
Roadmap
Items on the Roadmap which impact or relate to this Standard | ||||||||||
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