Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) health information software vendors

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Health information software vendors that have successfully passed CIHI testing

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

CIHI 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.

2. Testing of the integrated DAD

CIHI 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

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