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3.2.15 ADT/ACK - pending transfer (event A15)

An A15 event notifies other systems of a plan to transfer a patient to a new location when the patient has not yet left the old location. It is used when advanced notification of a transfer is required in order to prepare for the patient’s location change. For example, this transaction could be sent so that orderlies will be on hand to move the patient or so that dietary services can route the next meal to the new location.

The fields included when this message is sent should be the fields pertinent to communicate this event. When other important fields change it is recommended that the A08 (update patient information) event be used instead.

The DG1 segment remains in this message for backward compatibility only.

ADT     ADT Message        Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
EVN     Event Type         3
PID     Patient Identification      3
[PD1]    Additional Demographics      3
PV1     Patient Visit        3
[ PV2 ]    Patient Visit - Additional Info.    3
[ { DB1 } ]   Disability Information      3
[ { OBX } ]   Observation/Result       7
[ { DG1 } ]   Diagnosis Information       6
[ DRG ]    DRG Information       6
ACK     General Acknowledgment     Chapter
MSH     Message Header        2
MSA     Message Acknowledgment      2
[ ERR ]    Error           2

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