The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) uses object identifiers (OIDs) to designate unique organizations and records belonging to network participants. An OID is a globally unique identifier defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Learn more about OIDs.
You must use (and we provide for you) three OID types within TEFCA:
OID type | Description | OID structure |
|---|---|---|
Organization | Corresponds to your organization within TEFCA. | 2.16.840.1.113883.3.6147.450.1.X.XXXX.X.X.1 |
Patient | Corresponds one-to-one with your Master Patient Indexes (MPIs). We create the first one for you, but if you have multiple MPIs, you should create a patient OID for each MPI in your system. | 2.16.840.1.113883.3.6147.450.1.X.XXXX.X.X.2 |
Document | Corresponds one-to-one with each document you exchange. Each document must have its own unique OID, which can either be a Redox-generated OID followed by your ID (e.g., …3.1^12345) or a version 4 UUID. Learn more about version 4 UUIDs. | 2.16.840.1.113883.3.6147.450.1.X.XXXX.X.X.3 |
To break down the OID structure:
OID segment | Notes |
|---|---|
2.16.840.1.113883.3.6147.450 | This is Redox. |
X | The first X represents the Redox deployment: 0: local development 1: non-production 2: production |
XXXX | This segment should be populated with your Redox organization ID. |
X | The second X represents the environment type: 0: development 1: staging 2: production |
X | The third X represents a number assigned to the partner site. This can be omitted if there’s only one site. |