HL7 Version 3 Standard: Retrieve, Locate and Update Service (RLUS) v1

The Retrieve, Locate, and Update Service (RLUS) Service Functional Model (SFM) specification provides a set of capabilities through which information systems can access and manage information resources.

This document sets out the RLUS SFM, which provides architects and designers with an effective mechanism to specify, scope and implement the portions of a healthcare enterprise architecture committed to information object interoperability.

Main sections:

· Assumptions and dependencies

· Implementation considerations

· Business context

· Detailed functional model

· Profiles

· Appendix A: Glossary

· Appendix B: Profiles examples

· Appendix B.1: CDAR2 profiles

· Appendix B.2: RLUS registry repository profile with RCMR and CDAR2

· Appendix C: HL7 HER functional model traceability

· Appendix D: Mapping with service technical model (STM)

· Appendix E: Relevant standards and profiles