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Step 1 - Acquiring Sample Data |
In order to properly understand how HL7 messages are translated to and from XML, you should first acquire some real-world sample data. Here are some of the ways you can acquire this data:
- Obtain messages from the originator: Try to get some sample HL7 messages emailed to you from the message originator.
- Acquire your own messages: You could use the HL7 Listener to listen on a network port to retrieve HL7 messages and log them to a text file.
- Use sample messages: The Chameleon install directory contains some sample messages you could use to test the XML translation functionality.
In this tutorial, you will be using the following sample message:
MSH|^~\&||.|||199908180016||ADT^A04|ADT.1.1698593|P|2.5 PID|1||000395122||LEVERKUHN^ADRIAN^C^^^||19880517180606|M|^^^^^||6 66TH AVE NE^^WEIMAR^DL^98052||(157)983-3296|||S||12354768|87654321 NK1|1|TALLIS^THOMAS^C|GRANDFATHER|12914 SPEM ST^^ALIUM^IN^98052|(157)883-6176 NK1|2|WEBERN^ANTON|SON|12 STRASSE MUSIK^^VIENNA^AUS^11212|(123)456-7890 PV1|1|E|EMG-W^^|1||||||||||ER||||ER||H|||||||||||||||||||OVL||REG|||199908180015 GT1|1||SMITH^JAMES^M||12914 164TH AVE NE^^RICHMOND^ON^98052|(157)883-6176|||||F|535-52-9776||||WEISS JENSON|.^^WELLINGTON^ON^.|(206)340-9577 IN1|1|PRE2|001|LIFE PRUDENT BUYER|PO BOX 23523^WELLINGTON^ON^98111|||19601||||||||THOMAS^JAMES^M|F|||||||||||||||||||ZKA535529776 |