Touchstone 6.1.1 has been released. See Release Notes for additional information.

Touchstone is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Testing as a Service (TaaS) Open Access Solution for health information exchange. Touchstone strives to live up to its dictionary definition - a criterion for determining the quality or genuineness of a thing - by offering thousands of tests in an easy-to-use system for determining a test system's conformance and interoperability against published specifications, standards, and profiles, including templates and implementation guides.

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  • allows for automated, internet-based interoperability FHIR Testing against the HL7 FHIR specifications and standards.
  • tests interoperability with other FHIR Server and FHIR Client implementations.
  • has been engineered from the ground up to leverage the new FHIR TestScript resource.
  • is a blend between Test-Driven-Development (TDD) methodologies and Natural Language Processing (NLP) test scripts.
  • has been featured at HL7 FHIR Connectathons and is being leveraged in a continuous testing environment by numerous leading HL7 FHIR implementers.
  • plays an active role in the HL7 Conformance Testing community, the HL7 Argonaut Project, and the HSPC Implementation community.
Features include...
  • self-registration of user accounts and organizations.
  • ability for users to execute FHIR test scripts against test systems with Touchstone serving as the initiator of message exchanges.
  • ability for users to initiate message exchanges from their test systems against other peer test systems with Touchstone FHIR testing tool serving as the intermediary.
  • ability to drill down to individual operations and assertions in test execution results during FHIR Testing.
  • ability to save configured sets of test scripts as named "test setups" for re-execution.
  • controlled access to test scripts, test systems, and test results at the user, organization, and organization group levels.
Touchstone Updates
  • TestScript Release NEW Sep 7, 2023
    • Da Vinci Prior Authorization (PAS) TestScripts, updated TestScripts to align with STU1.2 content
  • TestScript Release NEW Sep 5, 2023
    • Da Vinci CDEX TestScripts, updated TestScripts to align with version 2.1.0 content, including Questionnaires Attachments scripts
    • Da Vinci CRD Testscripts updated to include support for all CRD IG CDS Hooks
    • Updated and published the Connectation 34 track testscripts. They can be found at FHIR4-0-1-Connectathon34 in Test Definitions
    • Patient Access API Certification Tests for Bulk Data, corrected validation testscript asserts for CarePlan to correctly query CarePlan resources
    • Patient Access API Certification Tests for Clinical Data, corrected asserts in MedicationRequest testscript for _history operation to be set to warning level
    • Patient Access API Certification Tests for Clinical Data, updated the CapabilityStatement testscript to identify and test versioned supportedProfiles
  • Touchstone 6.1.1 Released Aug 16, 2023
    • For a list of Enhancements and Bug Fixes, please visit the Release Notes page in our Touchstone Docs
  • TestScript Release Jul 11, 2023
    • Da Vinci Member Attribution TestScripts, adjusted TestScripts to align with STU2 ballot update content
    • Da Vinci Plan-Net TestScripts, added optional TestScripts for minimum resources returned and validation of referenced resources
    • Patient Access API Certification Tests for Plan-Net, added required TestScripts for minimum resources returned and validation of referenced resources
    • HL7 Austria Hackathon TestScripts, updated the Patient All tests to use unique resource ids to avoid testing conflicts
  • Touchstone 6.1.0 Released Jun 27, 2023
    • For a list of Enhancements and Bug Fixes, please visit the Release Notes page in our Touchstone Docs
  • TestScript Release Jun 17, 2023
    • Updated PAA Bulk Data TestScripts to properly handle fixed value checks on repeated elements, /FHIR4-0-1-PAA-BulkData
    • Added support for PDEX Formulary Bulk Data, /FHIRSandbox/DaVinci/FHIR4-0-1-Formulary/Formulary-BulkData
    • FHIR 4.0.1 Advanced US Core test updated to include search by patient category date, /FHIR4-0-1-Advanced/USCore-ClinData/01-USCore-Tests
  • TestScript Release May 1, 2023
    • Da Vinci Risk Adjustment TestScripts, Added STU2 TestScripts /FHIRSandbox/DaVinci/FHIR4-0-1-RA/RA-STU2-draft
    • Da Vinci Value Based Performance Reporting TestScripts, Added STU1 TestScripts /FHIRSandbox/DaVinci/FHIR4-0-1-VBPR/VBPR-STU1
    • FHIR 4.0.1 Basic TestScripts, Updated tests to remove the procedure:* search parameter
    • Smart on FHIR PKCE TestScripts, Updated for the ONC g(10) Certification Program
    • Da Vinci Plan-Net 1.1.0 Conformance Suites, Added suites in support of Drummond CMS PAA Certification Program
  • Touchstone 6.0 Released May 1, 2023
    • For a list of Enhancements and Bug Fixes, please visit the Release Notes page in our Touchstone Docs
  • TestScript Release Feb 6, 2023
    • Da Vinci PlanNet / Provider Directory TestScripts, added Test Definitions to support PlanNet 1.1.0
  • Touchstone 5.9.1 Released Feb 2, 2023
    • For a list of Enhancements and Bug Fixes, please visit the Release Notes page in our Touchstone Docs