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Organizations do not incur any software costs from CIHI. Software/licensing fees are vendor-specific. Organizations should contact individual vendors for pricing information.

Vendor fees may depend on the number of licences that need to be purchased to accommodate staff who require access to the software.

Prior to the start of a fiscal year, ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨distributes data submission requirements to software vendors. Vendors are then required to make changes to their software.

ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨requires software vendors to test annually. The vendor testing process provides vendors with the opportunity to validate their systems prior to updating their applications.

Vendors must successfully complete the testing process before their clients can begin data submission to ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨for a new fiscal year.

Access a list of commercial vendors that have successfully passed ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨testing and that support the Integrated interRAI Reporting System (IRRS)

Additional information about requirements and related processes is available on the health information software vendors page of CIHI’s website.
 

Establish a collaborative relationship with your software vendor and/or software developer. Clarify your organization’s requirements for software vendor solutions and build them into the contract with the vendor/developer. For example, 

• The vendor must have an agreement with interRAI for use of the interRAI assessment. 
• The vendor must have a ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨ Information Standards and Specifications Agreement (HISSA) with ºìÁì½í¹Ï±¨and access to the IRRS specifications. 
• The vendor must build the solution to meet IRRS specifications. 
• The vendor is required to pass IRRS vendor conformance testing prior to its clients submitting data to CIHI.