PID-5 is the patient's name. PID-6 is the mother's maiden name. -Burke
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Joaquín Blaya < joaquin_bl...@hms.harvard.edu> wrote: > I'm trying to construct an incoming HL7 message and in looking at the > OpenMRS HL7 page https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/HL7 > > in the PID section, there are two names > PID|||1MT^0^M10||Patient^Jonny^Dee^DR|Patient^Momma^Thee^MS|20040101000000|M||B|555 > Johnson Road^Apt. 555^Indianapolis^IN^46202^USA|||||||||||Indianapolis, > IN|||||||||||||||||TRIBE CODE > > - Patient^Jonny^Dee^^DR| > Family Name (Patient) > ^ Given Name (Jonny) > ^ Second / Middle Name (Dee) > ^ Suffix () > ^ Prefix (DR) > > > - Patient^Momma^Thee^^MS| > Mother's Maiden Family Name (Patient) > ^ Given Name (Momma) > ^ Second / Middle Name (Thee) > ^ Suffix () > ^ Prefix (MS) > > > The first one has the family name and the second one the Mother's Maiden > name. > > Why are there two names if this is only one patient? > > Thanks, > > Joaquín > ___________________________________________________________________ > Gerente de Desarrollo, eHealth Systems <http://www.ehs.cl/> > Research Fellow, Escuela de Medicina de Harvard <http://hms.harvard.edu/> > Moderador, GHDOnline.org <http://www.ghdonline.org/> > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<lists...@listserv.iupui.edu?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to lists...@listserv.iupui.edu with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:lists...@listserv.iupui.edu?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
