Hi,

You might take a look at the source code of the  sockethl7listener  module,
where they've already done this. Its been a great help to me !

Best regards,
Suranga


On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Burke Mamlin <bmam...@regenstrief.org>wrote:

> 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
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Best Regards,

Suranga

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