org.vmdb.hl7
Class PATIENTLoop

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Object
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        +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7SegmentContainer
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              +--org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Loop
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                    +--org.vmdb.hl7.PATIENTLoop

public class PATIENTLoop

extends HL7Loop

PATIENT Loop.

Description: HL7 Network Connectivity For VMDB.

Copyright: Copyright (c) 2002-2003.

Company: Veterinary Medical Database (VMDB).

The XML representation of HL7 2.x introduces the concepts of groups and lists that, while present in the construction rules of delimited HL7, are not explicitly named or labelled in the messages themselves. This class follows the XML version with explicitly constructed groups and lists which we've combined under the general term (borrowed from X12) of "loop."

Most of the repetion and grouping facilitated by this "loop" logic is not used in the VMDB version of the ORU message but is maintained to retain full standard compliance and to allow extending this model without fear of losing interoperability.

Loop and Segment Nesting: The outline below shows how the loops and minimum required segments nest. {OBX} indicates that any number of OBX segments may appear at this location.

MSH
PATIENT_RESULT
    PATIENT
      PID
      PATIENT_VISIT
        PV1
    ORDER_OBSERVATION
     [ORC]
      OBR
        OBSERVATION
          OBX

Constructor Summary

PATIENTLoop()

Method Summary

PATIENT_VISITLoop	getPATIENT_VISIT() Get the PATIENT_VISITLoop loop that should be nested within this loop.
PIDSegment	getPID() Get the PID segment that should be contained within this loop.

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Loop

getLoopClass, getName, isLoop, messageComplete

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7SegmentContainer

findSegment, listsSegments, setSeparators, toString, toXML

Methods inherited from class org.vmdb.hl7.HL7Object

getRule

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PATIENTLoop

public PATIENTLoop()

Method Detail

getPATIENT_VISIT

public PATIENT_VISITLoop getPATIENT_VISIT()

Get the PATIENT_VISITLoop loop that should be nested within this loop. If it does not exist, take the necessary steps to create it in the appropriate nested loop structure.

Returns:

PATIENT_VISITLoop object located at the appropriate place in the loop.

getPID

public PIDSegment getPID()

Get the PID segment that should be contained within this loop. If it does not exist, take the necessary steps to create it in the appropriate location.

Returns:

PIDSegment object located at the appropriate place in the loop.