HCX Protocol
v0.8
v0.8
  • Summary
  • Context
  • Introduction to HCX
  • Approach
    • Design Principles
    • Key Specifications
    • Governance
  • Technical Specifications
    • Open Protocol
      • Registries
      • Claims Data Exchange (HCX) Protocol
        • Exchange Protocol
        • Message Structure
        • API Structure
        • Error Handling
      • Data Security and Privacy
        • Transport Security
        • Message Security and Integrity
        • API Security
      • Audit and Reporting
      • Notifications
        • Terminology
        • Categories
        • API specifications
        • List of key topics
        • Future considerations
      • Third party Information sharing
    • Digital Network Policies
  • Domain Specifications
    • Domain Data Models
      • Handling Attachments
      • Handling Processing Errors
    • Terminologies (Code sets or Metadata standards)
    • Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
    • Implementation Guide
  • Business Policy Specifications
    • Access Control (Roles)
    • Guidelines for Participant Onboarding
    • Guidelines for Grievance Redressal
      • Scope of disputes
      • Involved participants
      • Guideline process for dispute resolution
      • Guidelines for leveraging FTA
      • Next steps
    • Guidelines for SLAs and ecosystem satisfaction
    • Guidelines for Operating charges
    • Guidelines for Beneficiary Authentication by Providers/Payors
    • Guidelines for Event audits
    • Reference Templates
      • HCX - Terms of use
      • Payer-Provider addendum
      • Payer-Policyholder addendum
    • Next steps
  • Contributing to the specifications
  • Future Roadmap
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  1. Technical Specifications
  2. Open Protocol
  3. Notifications

Terminology

Key terminologies used in notifications

HCX Network: In the context of HCX, HCX network refers to instances of an HCX and its participating systems governed by a common network policy.

HCX Switch: Instance of the HCX gateway, implemented as per the HCX protocol, that facilitates the information exchange between its participants.

Network participants: Any platform that has implemented the HCX protocol and becomes the part of a network as above.

Schema: A JSON data structure that defines an entity as per OpenAPI 3.0 schema specifications.

FHIR Profile: A JSON data structure that defines a domain model eligible to be carried as part of JWE payload in the HCX protocol APIs.

Notification: A logical unit of information sent to relevant network participants. Notifications can be triggered by an event, activity or time trigger on the network.

Template: Message structure with placeholder for context dependent data variable that helps in standardising the message parsing on the network.

Notify: Act of sending a notification.

Registry: A tamper proof, audited collection of entries with their provenance.

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