Multiple Changes to outgoing HL7 message

[Ariba Jones]

I have been asked by the receiving system to make several changes to the ADT messages that I will send out to them.  I am not sure how to approach this.  I am not a TCL writer.  I have not written a TCL script before.  I am wondering if there is another way that I could perform these changes without having to write a TCL script or if a TCL script is required, does anyone have one already out there?

The following changes need to be made:

PID, 3  eliminate all but 3.1 portion (including sub-component separators)

PID,17 eliminate all but 17.1 portion

PID,18 eliminate all but 18.1 portion

PV1,18  eliminate all but 18.1 portion

SSN should not include the -‘s (dashes).

Can anyone help?  Does anyone have a TCL script, if necessary?

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[Jim Kosloskey]

Ariba,

You should only need Tcl for the last issue (assuming you are using an Xlate). Everything else should be accomplishable within your Xlate.

I am certain many folks have various Xlate Tcl scripts to remove the dashes from the SSN.

If you want to discuss this off line email me at michiliman@comcast.net

Jim Kosloskey

email: jim.kosloskey@jim-kosloskey.com 29+ years Cloverleaf, 59 years IT - old fart.

[John Perks]

You can remove the dashes in an xlate COPY with minimal tcl code in the pre Input/Output panel:

regsub -all {-} [lindex $xlateInVals 0] {} xlateOutVals

It’s still tcl, but at least it is not an entire proc.

John Perks

jjp1576@bjc.org

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