Details of what activities form the basis of assurance for a supplier involved in developing and deploying a solution
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Technical accreditation
Consuming supplier systems MUST have been tested and accredited to establish baseline Spine connectivity prerequisites:
- N3 connectivity / ASID / PKI Certificate
- Personal Demographic Service (PDS) integration
- Spine Directory Service (SDS) integration
Technical conformance
Supplier systems SHALL be tested for technical conformance of the following before they can be listed on the conformance catalog:
- Spine Directory Service (SDS)
- Spine Security Proxy (SSP) integration
- CareConnect FHIR Appointment API standards
Solution assurance
Solution assurance ensures that the correct level of safety, governance, and security has been accepted, understood and signed off by the organisation providing the APIs.
Important: Important: Suppliers are responsible for their own testing and the clinical safety of the delivered system. Supplier-authored tests must be traceable back to the published specification.
Witness testing
Supplier systems SHALL undergo witness testing to validate conformance to requirements which can’t easily be automated.