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Application Of Slope Indicator In A Medical Facility

  • vendredi 27 octobre 2017
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  • By Matthew White


    Storage of information regarding patients by medical personnel has been made easier in medical facilities. Through the use of HL7 ADT and Slope Indicator, messages regarding a patients registration, admission, discharge and transfer can be easily transmitted. Since they can handle a large volume of information, they are the most commonly used means.

    These messages are found in various types within the admissions, transfers and discharge range and are often fifty one in number. ADT messages are very vital in the communications done through HL7 as they provide a reason as to why the message is being sent. Depending on the kind of event, the urgency and the speeds at which that transmissions is done might be different.

    Patients or providers are able to receive information from any system within a hospital or clinic through a message feed. Constant updating of information within the systems makes the traffic of data be in a continuous movement. Some types of information which can be updated in a system include alteration of the location address, addition of the name of a next of kin and changing of a patients name.

    Once the update has been done, the data can then flow to the various sections of that hospital where the data is needed. The information is often received through two kinds of interface, either through a point to point or an interface engine. The data can reach various places including connections outside the hospital such as private laboratory when using an interface engine.

    One message structure may vary from another based on the resulting trigger event. For instance, a message resulting from a change of address is different from a message resulting from a transfer of a patient done. There are two major components present in any form of messages and these are the identification of a patient and a patients visit.

    A patients identification outlines the identity of that person at hand and the information displayed includes name, date of birth and the national identification number. The individuals information of location is given out as the address and the mobile number. On the other hand a patients visit component gives data regarding the time and date of the previous visit and the name of that practitioner who was on duty.

    When describing the message categories to be used in the interface several aspects are put into consideration. The first one is the positioning of that data within the table and considering which kind of data is necessary or optional. It is also necessary to consider whether a field may be repeated in other sections or not. Lastly, it is vital to place the value is each segments and this can be done using numbers.

    The ADT messages make the connections between the computers systems within a medical facility way much simpler. Therefore, the medical procedures plans are made simpler and in turn right medical prescriptions are arrived at. There is automatic storage of these appointments already handled and thus the data can be referred to at a later date when patients pay a second visit to the hospital facility.




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