ELINCS within healthcare software interoperability

The EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Specification (ELINCS) specification provides a profile that refines (or constrains) “standard” HL7 messages to moving lab results from reference labs to physician offices. Like IHE

IHE

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, the ELINCS profile constrains the generic HL7 standard to a specific set of use cases. In addition the ELINCS standard provides business rules that must be followed between the trading partners. Such rules are outside the scope of the base HL7 standard.

External links

• HL7.org Page
• ELINCS Resources

ELINCS within chemical substance inventory

European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS) provides a EINECS number. The system is used by the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

 to identify commercially available chemical substance

Chemical substance

In chemistry, a chemical substance is a form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. It cannot be separated into components by physical separation methods, i.e. without breaking chemical bonds. They can be solids, liquids or gases.Chemical substances are...

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