ORU Message Segments

Vocera Platform only receives ORU messages that are intended to trigger an alert to the appropriate recipient.

Segment	Field	Component	Description	Field Type	Required
MSH	1	1	Field Separator	String	Y
	2	4	Encoding Characters	String	Y
	3	180	Sending Application	String	Y
	4	180	Sending Facility	String	Y
	5	180	Receiving Application	String	Y
	6	180	Receiving Facility	String	N
	7	26	Date/Time of Message	Date/Time (YYYYMMDDTTTT)	Y
	8	40	Security	String	N
	9	7	Message Type	String	Y
	10	20	Message Control Id	String	Y
	11	3	Processing Id	String	N
	12	8	Version Id	String	Y
	13	15	Sequence Number	String	N
	14	180	Continuation Pointer	String	N
	15	2	Accept Acknowledgement Type	String	N
	16	2	Application Acknowledgement Type	String	N
	17	2	Country Code	String	N
	18	6	Character Set	String	N
	19	3	Principal Language of Message	String	N

Segment	Field	Component	Attribute	Description	Field Type	Required
PID	3	1	patient.mrn	Patient ID	Mapped ID	Y
	5	1	patient.last_name	Patient Name	String	Y
	5	2	patient.first_name	Patient Name	String	Y
	5	3	patient.middle_name	Patient Name	String	N
	5	4	patient.suffix	Patient Suffix	String	N
	5	5	patient.prefix	Patient Prefix	String	N
	7	1	patient.dob	Patient Date of Birth	Date (YYYYMMDD)	N
	8	1	patient.sex	Patient Sex	String	N
OBR	4	1	abbreviation	Test Name Abbreviation	String	Y
	4	2	name	Test Name	String	Y
	7	1	order_time	Observation Date/Time	Date/Time (YYYYMMDDTTTT)	Y
	16	2	provider.last_name	Ordering Provider Last Name	String	Y
	16	3	provider.first_name	Ordering Provider First Name	String	Y
	16	4	provider.middle_name	Ordering Provider Middle Name	String	N
	16	5	provider.suffix	Ordering Provider Suffix	String	N
	16	6	provider.title	Ordering Provider Title	String	N
	16	7	provider.degree	Ordering Provider Degree	String	N
	16	9	provider.npi	Ordering Provider NPI or Unique ID	String	Y
	17	1	provider.cell_phone_number	Order Callback Telephone Number	String	N
OBX	3	1	results.abbreviation	Result Name Abbreviation	String	Y
	3	2	results.name	Result Name	String	Y
	5	1	results.value	Result Value	String	Y
	7	1	results.range	Result Reference Range	String	N
	7	2	results.units	Result Units	String	Y
	7	4	results.note	Result Notes	String	N
	8	1	results.flag	Result Flag	String	N
	11	1	results.status	Result Status	String	N
	14	1	results.time	Result Time	Date/Time (YYYYMMDDTTTT)	Y
PV1	3	1	patient.bed.room.unit.name	Assigned Patient Location	String	Y
	3	2	patient.bed.room.room_number	Assigned Patient Location	Integer	Y
	3	3	patient.bed.bed_number	Assigned Patient Location	Integer	Y
	39	1	patient.facility_name	Facility Name	String	N
	41	1	patient.status	Status	String	N
	44	1	patient.admit_date	Admit Date	Date/Time (YYYYMMDDTTTT)	Y
	45	1	patient.discharge_date	Discharge Date	Date/Time (YYYYMMDDTTTT)	N