Purpose and Intended Audience of this Document
This document is an HL7 Conformance Statement for the HL7 Services of PACSgear ImageLink. It describes the HL7 messages supported by ImageLink. The user of this document is involved with system integration and software design. We assume that the reader is familiar with the terminology and concepts that are used in HL7 2.3.1 and the IHE Technical Framework.
Note: Although the use of this conformance statement in
conjunction with the HL7 standard is intended to facilitate communication with
ImageLink it is not sufficient to guarantee, by itself, the inter-operation of the
connection between a 3rd party HIS/RIS system and ImageLink.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
The following acronyms and abbreviations are used throughout this document.
- ADT – Admission, Discharged, and Transfer message
- SIU – Scheduling Information Unsolicited message
- ORM – Order Request
- EVN – Event Type segment
- HL7 – Health Level 7
- MRG – Merge Patient Information segment
- MSH – Message Header segment
- OBR – Observation Request segment
- OBX – Observation/Result segment
- ORC – Common Order segment
Related Documents
Refer to the Introduction to HL7 Standards documentation for additional information on HL7 standards.