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NOTE: The information in this manual applies to GE B40/B20 Patient Monitor’s software VSP-B, VSP-C and later. It does not apply to earlier software versions. Due to continuing product innovation, specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice.
The device can be connected to hospital information systems (HIS) by the Health Level Seven standard interface (HL7). This document: Intended to be a technical reference to GE customers implementing the HL7 outbound interface. Not intended to provide instructions for implementing and using the HL7 ...
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Introduction: Service Information Safety message signal words Safety message signal words designate the severity of a potential hazard. WARNING indicates a hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury. CAUTION indicates a hazardous situation that, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
HL7 Interface: HL7 Standard Background HL7 Standard Background Overview The Health Level Seven (HL7) standard is used to exchange data between computer systems. It does not require a specific computer operating system, programming language, or communication protocol for its implementation. The goal of the HL7 standard is to harmonize message content and usage, while allowing user-specific variations within the standard.
data handling Communication between HIS personnel and GE interface personnel is essential to determine the customer-specific use of the HL7 standard. NOTE: This document is not intended to provide instructions for implementing and using the HL7 standard. Details of the HL7 standard can be found in Health Level Seven Version 2.6.
Observation results interface: General Description General Description Introduction The HL7 standard interface is used to connect a hospital’s information system (HIS) to the monitor for the transfer of data. Using the HL7 outbound interface, the monitor can return result messages to the HIS. The Patient Monitor Outbound implementation of the HL7 outbound interface protocol provides result messages.
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If the device or the HIS server connection is interrupted from the network (e.g., disconnected, in transport, etc.), the trended data for that time period will be lost. NOTE: GE recommends that you enabling the HL7 acknowledgment option in monitor’s service menu. Disabling this option may miss some data, if the HL7 receiver system has the feature of sending acknowledge message.
The value of this identifier is composed of two components. Component #1 is an EUI-64 identifier that starts with the GE Healthcare company code, plus the EUI-64 separator, followed by the last 3 octects of the system's MAC address in hex upper-case with no separators., plus a string that identifies the monitoring equipment.
PCD-01: PCD-01 description OBX-4 Condition predicate: This field is used to distinguish between multiple OBX segments by providing an unambiguous mapping from observation contained in the OBX segment to the IEEE 11073 containment tree for the Medical Device System sourcing of the observation.
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PCD-01: PCD-01 description This is a logical grouping of semantically related observations and numeric categories. The OBXs that follow are the actual results for the VMD. OBX|11|NM|147842^MDC_ECG_HEART_RATE^MDC|1.5.1.1|80|26 4864^MDC_DIM_BEAT_PER_MIN^MDC|||||R|||||||080019FFFE0 B4020^B40_GE OBX|12|NM|148066^MDC_ECG_V_P_C_RATE^MDC|1.5.1.2|0|264 864^MDC_DIM_BEAT_PER_MIN^MDC|||||R|||||||080019FFFE0B 4020^B40_GE Invasive/Non Invasive Blood Pressure also have an explicit channel OBX as shown in the example below.
PCD-01: PCD-01 description VMD Reference IDs, MDC Codes, and Containment Trees The following table lists all of the defined VMD and Channel related to each numeric category. Parameter VMD Reference ID VMD MDC Containment Code MDC_DEV_ECG_VMD 69798 1.5.0.0 ECG RESP MDC_DEV_ECG_RESP_VMD 70666 1.6.0.0...
Sample Messages: HL7 minimal lower layer protocol HL7 minimal lower layer protocol HL7 Outbound messages are framed using the HL7 Minimal Lower Layer Protocol. This protocol is documented in the HL7 2.6 specification. All HL7 messages begin with one start block character. The framing is completed by an end character and a carriage return character at the end of the message.
This example has one OBR segment followed by the corresponding OBX segments collected at a user-configured time interval. The OBX segments contain periodic vital sign data for heart rate, PVC, temperature, and invasive blood pressures. MSH|^~\&|VSP^080019FFFE134535^EUI-64|GE Healthcare|||20130122134100||ORU^R01^ORU_R01|00409713 4535|P|2.6|||NE|AL||UNICODE UTF-8|||PCD_DEC_001^IHE PCD^1.3.6.1.4.1.19376.1.6.1.1.1^ISO...
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864^MDC_DIM_BEAT_PER_MIN^MDC|||||R|||||||080019FFFE13 4535^B40_GE OBX|13||69902^MDC_DEV_METER_TEMP_VMD^MDC|1.26.0.0|||| |||X OBX|14|NM|150344^MDC_TEMP^MDC|1.26.1.1|37.1|268192^MD C_DIM_DEGC^MDC|||||R|||||||080019FFFE134535^B40_GE Example 2 This example shows an OBR segment followed by the corresponding OBX segments containing various periodic vital sign data collected at a user configured time interval. MSH|^~\&|VSP^080019FFFE0B4020^EUI-64|GE Healthcare|||20121109160900||ORU^R01^ORU_R01|000C290B 4020|P|2.6|||NE|AL||UNICODE|||PCD_DEC_001^IHE PCD^1.3.6.1.4.1.19376.1.6.1.1.1^ISO PID|||999999999^^^PID^MR||^^^^^^L||| 2062665-001 G...
HL7 receiver system. The default acknowledgment configuration is Enable in monitor HL7 service menu. NOTE: GE recommends enabling the HL7 acknowledgement option in the monitor's service menu. Disabling this option may miss some data, if the HL7 receiver system has the feature of sending acknowledge message.
The following tables define the various data segments and are shown with the standard HL7 message layout. The lengths given for fields are the maximum lengths supported by the GE system, not the HL7 definitions for field lengths. When the GE HL7 interface support column indicates N, the data may be optimally sent in the message but it will be ignored by the GE HL7 interface.
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Introduction Abbreviations Description Not used with this trigger event. Data Types Description Coded element Structured numeric Composite ID w/check digit String Composite quantity w/units Timing quantity Extended composite ID w/check digit Time stamp Driver's license number Text data Date Extended composite ID number...
HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments Data Segments MSH — Message Header Segment REQ/OPT TABLE# ELEMENT NAME Field Separator Encoding Characters 0361 Sending Application 0362 Sending Facility 0361 Receiving Application 0362 Receiving Facility Date/Time of Message Security Message Type Message Control ID Processing ID Version ID Sequence Number...
HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments MSA — Message Acknowledgment REQ/OPT TABLE# ELEMENT NAME 0008 Acknowledgement code Message Control Id Text Message Delayed Acknowledgment Type 0357 Error Condition PID — Patient Identification REQ/OPT TBL# ITEM# ELEMENT NAME 00104 Set ID - PID 00105 Patient ID 00106...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments REQ/OPT TBL# ITEM# ELEMENT NAME 00124 Mother's Identifier 0189 00125 Ethnic Group 00126 Birth Place 0136 00127 Multiple Birth Indicator 00128 Birth Order 0171 00129 Citizenship 0172 00130 Veterans Military Status 0212 00739 Nationality 00740 Patient Death Data and Time 0136...
HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments PV1 — Patient Visit REQ/OPT TABLE# ELEMENT NAME Set ID - PV1 0004 Patient Class Patient Location 0007 Admission Type Preadmit Number Prior Patient Location 0010 Attending Doctor 0010 Referring Doctor 0010 Consulting Doctor 0069 Hospital Service Temporary Location...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments REQ/OPT TABLE# ELEMENT NAME Transfer to Bad Debt Date 0021 Bad Debt Agency Code Bad Debt Transfer Amount Bad Debt Recovery Amount 0111 Delete Account Indicator Delete Account Date 0112 Discharge Disposition 0113 Discharged to Location 0114 Diet Type 0115...
HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments OBR — Observation Request (To Host) USAGE ELEMENT NAME Set ID Placer Order Number Filler Order Number Universal Service Identifier Priority Requested Date/Time Observation Date/Time OBX — Result USAGE TABLE# ELEMENT NAME Set Id 0125 Value Type Observation Identifier...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Data Segments USAGE TABLE# ELEMENT NAME Date/Time of the Analysis 0163 Observation Site 2062665-001 G...
HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Supported parameters Supported parameters NOTE: Some parameters in this table are only available from certain versions of the acquisition source. NOTE: This list is subject to change without notice. HL7 Supported Parameters Invasive Pulmonary PA-S mm[Hg] MDC_PRESS_BLD_ART_ 150045 MDC_DIM_MMH...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Abbreviations Abbreviations Abbreviations and symbols which you may encounter while reading this manual or using the monitor HL7 application are listed below with their meanings. Abbreviation Definition acknowledgment code Addr, AD address Admit, discharge, transfer ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Addendum...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Abbreviations Merge Segment Message Segment Header Message Segment Acknowledgment NACK negative acknowledgment code numeric number observation request observation observation result optional Patient Data Model part number, person name Patient Identification Patient Visit Query Definition request Req. Field required field revision sequence...
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HL7 Data Segment Definitions: Abbreviations 2062665-001 G...
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