The staff (STF) and practitioner (PRA) segments can be used to transmit master files information between systems. The STF segment provides general information about personnel; the PRA segment provides detailed information for a staff member who is also a health practitioner. Other segments may be defined to follow the STF segment to provide additional detail information for a particular type of staff member: the PRA segment is the first such segment. When the STF and PRA segments are used in an MFN message, the abstract definition is as follows:
MFN Master File Notification for Staff/Practitioner Chapter
MSH Message Header 2
MFI Master File Identification 8
{MFE Master File Entry 8
STF Staff Identification 8
[PRA] Practitioner Detail 8
}
MFK Master File Acknowledgment Chapter
MSH Message Header 2
MSA Acknowledgment 2
MFI Master File Identification 8
[{MFA}] Master File ACK segment 8
When the STF and PRA segments are used in the MFR message, the part of the message represented by:
{MFE
[Z..]}
is replaced by:
{MFE
STF
[PRA]
}