Data standards library

Learn about the CIHI-Infoway co-led Pan-Canadian Organ Donation and Transplantation Data and Performance Reporting System Project.

Standards and protocols for administering the Canadian Patient Experiences Survey — Inpatient Care (CPES-IC).

This video explains what connected care is, how it will improve Canadians’ experiences with their health system and how CIHI is working with stakeholders to make this vision a reality.

This page describes the different types of health data standards.

The information model is a high-level model that establishes subject areas for organizing and showing relationships between the data elements in the data content standard.

The Pan-Canadian Health Data Content Framework defines the health data required to enable connected care and interoperability across Canada and is available for public review.

The data content standard defines the data elements and value sets necessary for connected care.

This list provides access to more than 100 CIHI data content standards, on topics ranging from acute care and continuing care to spending and health human resources.

This page is the starting point for users looking for information on CIHI’s data standards.

The reference guide provides information for each interRAI HC outcome scale and screening algorithm.