HL7 v2.5.1 Specificationsv2.5.1

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PGL: Patient goal message

This page lists the structures and trigger events PGL defines, taken from the standard. The written commentary that theADT page carries has not been written for PGL.

Recognising PGL messages

PGL announces itself in MSH-9 like this:

MSH-9PGL^PC6^PGL_PC6
  1. MSH-9.1PGLmessage code: what kind of message this is
  2. MSH-9.2PC6trigger event: what happened in the real world
  3. MSH-9.3PGL_PC6message structure: which segments to expect, and in what order

How to use these specifications explains MSH-9 in full, with a worked example.

Message structures

PGL takes 1 structure.

PGL_PC6

No trigger event in the standard names this structure.

You must always send: MSH, PID, GOL. Everything else is optional, or required only inside a group you chose to send.

SegmentNameOPTCardinality
MSHR1..1
SFTO0..*
PIDR1..1
PATIENT_VISITa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..1
PV1in PATIENT_VISITR1..1
PV2in PATIENT_VISITO0..1
GOALa group of 8 segments, repeated togetherR1..*
GOLR1..1
NTEO0..*
VARO0..*
GOAL_ROLEa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
ROLin GOAL_ROLER1..1
VARin GOAL_ROLEO0..*
PATHWAYa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
PTHin PATHWAYR1..1
VARin PATHWAYO0..*
OBSERVATIONa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
OBXin OBSERVATIONR1..1
NTEin OBSERVATIONO0..*
PROBLEMa group of 5 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
PRBin PROBLEMR1..1
NTEin PROBLEMO0..*
VARin PROBLEMO0..*
PROBLEM_ROLEin PROBLEMa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
ROLin PROBLEM_ROLER1..1
VARin PROBLEM_ROLEO0..*
PROBLEM_OBSERVATIONin PROBLEMa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
OBXin PROBLEM_OBSERVATIONR1..1
NTEin PROBLEM_OBSERVATIONO0..*
ORDERa group of 2 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
ORCin ORDERR1..1
ORDER_DETAILin ORDERa group of 4 segments, repeated togetherO0..1
CHOICEin ORDER_DETAILa group of 0 segments, repeated togetherR1..1
NTEin ORDER_DETAILO0..*
VARin ORDER_DETAILO0..*
ORDER_OBSERVATIONin ORDER_DETAILa group of 3 segments, repeated togetherO0..*
OBXin ORDER_OBSERVATIONR1..1
NTEin ORDER_OBSERVATIONO0..*
VARin ORDER_OBSERVATIONO0..*

R inside a group means required of that group. Send the group and you must include that segment; leave the group out and it never appears. This structure has 12 such groups: PATIENT_VISIT, GOAL, GOAL_ROLE, PATHWAY, OBSERVATION, PROBLEM, PROBLEM_ROLE, PROBLEM_OBSERVATION, ORDER, ORDER_DETAIL, CHOICE, ORDER_OBSERVATION.

Trigger events

The trigger event is the real-world thing that made the message get sent. PGL defines 1.

EventNameStructure
PC6PC6