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Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) health information software vendors

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ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ information software vendors that have successfully passed ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨testing

1. Testing of the DAD grouping methodology (CMG+ and CACS)

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨requires all grouper health information software vendors to submit test files at the beginning of every fiscal year. The software vendors listed below have successfully submitted test data for the 2025–2026 DAD grouper only (CMG+ and CACS). To ensure software vendor system compliance with CIHI’s CMG+ production system, the software vendors were mandated to submit test data files that had been grouped using their vendor-assigned values. CMG+/CACS software vendor-assigned values had to comply 100% with the CIHI-assigned values before the testing was deemed successful.

CompanySoftwareDate
WinRecs 3.0 - 2025.01February 10, 2025
302.0.0February 4, 2025
HDM 6.1February 10, 2025
20.0.36.42March 28, 2025

2. Testing of the integrated DAD

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨requires all DAD health information software vendors to submit test files at the beginning of every fiscal year to ensure compliance in applying all new edits for DAD data collection.

The software vendors listed below have successfully met CIHI’s testing requirements for the integrated DAD 2025–2026 CMG+/CACS. This means the software vendor

  • Submitted test data that complied 100% with the CIHI-defined edits
  • Submitted sufficient original test abstracts and demonstrated the ability to subsequently submit corrections, deletions and additions abstracts
  • Submitted at least one test file for each province/territory where it has installations and where there have been changes to the edit specifications
CompanySoftwareProvince/territoryDateData: AcuteData: Day surgery
2.2B.C.March 16, 2022XX
2.2Ont.March 21, 2025XX
2.2Y.T.March 16, 2022XX
WinRecs 3.0 2025.01Ont., Man., B.C.February 21, 2025XX
302.0.0Ont., Man.February 13, 2025XX
HDM 6.1B.C.March 7, 2025XX
20.0.36.42Ont.April 4, 2025XX

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