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Certifications & Standards Commitments

We are committed to regulatory compliance and monitor standards related to each of our products.

We meet applicable regulations in the United States, Canada and Europe, including the stringent requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Additionally, Harris Healthcare is a member of the Electronic Health Record Association and holds a co-chair position on the Patient Safety Workgroup as well as the chair position on the FDA Task Force. This allows our compliance team to stay abreast of regulatory activity that will impact us in the future.

Canada Conformity

HARRIS Flex supports the requirements mandated by provincial Ministries of Health, those prescribed by Healthcare Professional Organizations and from Canada Health Infoway.


The Pan-Canadian standards:

  • HARRIS Flex complies with Canadian standards for privacy and security (Federal Declaration on the Protection of Personal Information (PIPEDA)) as well as provincial acts on the
  • Protection of Information (PHIPA, Personal Heath Information Protection Act)
    HARRIS Flex supports a local model, regional and global exchange of health information, based on HL7 FHIR standards of interoperability and patients access (viewing / downloading)


Quebec-specific:

  • HARRIS Flex is certified SIGDU and SQIM.
  • HARRIS Flex is certified by the College of Nurses of Quebec for its Therapeutic Nursing
  • Plan (TNP) embedded in HARRIS Flex
  • The postal code file M34 from the Ministry of Health and Social Services is included in the basic software of HARRIS Flex and updated yearly
  • HARRIS Flex supports the Provincial Cancer Registry (QCR) and was first to export successfully the required data to the Provincial Cancer Registry
  • HARRIS Flex is certified on the Quebec RTIM network (Health & Social Telecommunication Network Certification)
  • HARRIS Flex supports the Unique Identifier Number (NIU) in its base software and is able to communicate with the Provincial Patient Registry.


Ontario-specific:

  • An automatic online validation of the OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) card
    The documentation of InterRAI assessment
  • Interface to Connect project GTA (Greater Toronto Area) which allows sharing of information for the region


United Kingdom Certifications

HARRIS Flex is certified as being a compliant system for Choose and Book Provider services by HSCIC (Health and Social Care Information Centre) a UK government body.

Standards and Safety Guidelines met

Our HARRIS Flex EHR was developed taking into consideration the industry safety guidelines and recommendations of the following organizations:

  • Accreditation Canada
  • American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
  • Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
  • Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  • Controlled Medical Vocabulary (SNOMED-CT, LOINC, ICD-9, ICD-10, CPT, NDC)
  • Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA)
  • Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
  • Health Level 7 (HL7)
  • HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA, C-CDA)
  • HIPAA, PHIPA, and Canada Health Infoway (CHI) Privacy & Security Architecture standards
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
  • Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
  • National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONC)
  • National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC)
  • National Uniform Claims Committee (NUCC)
  • Nursing Diagnosis Care Plans (NANDA, NIC, NOC)
  • The Joint Commission and its National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG)
  • Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
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