Da Vinci Prior Authorization Support (PAS) Test Kit

The Da Vinci Prior Authorization Support (PAS) STU 2.0.1 Test Kit validates the conformance of systems to the PAS STU 2.0.1 FHIR IG. The test kit includes suites targeting each of the actors from the specification:

• Servers (payers): Inferno will act as a client and make a series of requests to the server under test.
• Clients (Provider systems, such as EMRs and other systems that place orders): Inferno will act as a server, including waiting for the client to make requests and responding back.

In each case, content provided by the system under test will be checked individually for conformance and in aggregate to determine that the full set of features is supported.

This test kit is open source and freely available for use or adoption by the health IT community including EHR vendors, payer systems, health app developers, and testing labs. It is built using the Inferno Framework. The Inferno Framework is designed for reuse and aims to make it easier to build test kits for any FHIR-based data exchange.

For comprehensive documentation, including detailed walkthroughs, overviews, and technical references, please see the Da Vinci PAS Test Kit Documentation.

ASTP hosts a public instance of this test kit that developers and testers are welcome to use. However, users are encouraged to download and run this tool locally to allow testing within private networks and to avoid being affected by downtime of this shared resource. Please see the Local Installation Instructions section below for more information.

These tests are a DRAFT and are intended to allow PAS implementers to perform preliminary checks of their implementations against PAS IG requirements and provide feedback on the tests. Future versions of these tests may validate other requirements and may change how these are tested.

Additional details on the IG requirements that underlie this test kit, including those that are not currently tested, can be found in this spreadsheet. The spreadsheet includes:

• a list of requirements extracted from the IG.
• the requirements tested by this DRAFT test kit.
• an analysis of which requirements are testable, including areas where testable requirements are weak or unclear.

ASTP hosts a public instance of this test kit that developers and testers are welcome to use. However, users are encouraged to download and run this tool locally to allow testing within private networks and to avoid being affected by downtime of this shared resource. Please see the Local Installation Instructions section below for more information.

Detailed step-by-step instructions for running the tests can be found in our walkthrough guides:

• Client Testing Walkthrough
• Server Testing Walkthrough

Additional information is provided in the Da Vinci PAS Test Kit documentation.

• Download an official release of this test kit.
• Open a terminal in the directory containing the downloaded code.
• In the terminal, run setup.sh.
• In the terminal, run run.sh.
• Use a web browser to navigate to http://localhost.

More information on using Inferno Test Kits is available on the Inferno Framework documentation site.

The default configuration of this test kit uses SQLite for data persistence and is optimized for running on a local machine with a single user. For installations on shared servers that may have multiple tests running simultaneously, please configure the installation to use PostgreSQL to ensure stability in this type of environment.

We welcome feedback on the tests, including but not limited to the following areas:

• Validation logic, such as potential bugs, lax checks, and unexpected failures.
• Requirements coverage, such as requirements that have been missed, tests that necessitate features that the IG does not require, or other issues with the interpretation of the IG's requirements.
• User experience, such as confusing or missing information in the test UI.

Please report any issues with this set of tests in the issues section section of this repository.

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