Diagonstic Order Placer
Diagonstic Order Placer
Introduction
The Diagnostic Order Placer data model is a pivotal component of healthcare information systems, designed to capture and manage diagnostic orders placed by healthcare providers or systems. It focuses on the OBR (Observation Request) and PV1 (Patient Visit) segments of HL7 messages, providing comprehensive information about diagnostic orders and their placement. This model plays a critical role in enhancing patient care, ensuring efficient communication between entities, and enabling developers to build robust healthcare applications.
Use Case
Developers can harness the capabilities of the Diagnostic Order Placer data model for various technical use cases, facilitating the effective handling of diagnostic orders and their placement within healthcare systems:
- Order Placement: Developers can use this model to initiate and place diagnostic orders by querying placer IDs, order numbers, and bundle IDs. This facilitates the seamless creation and submission of orders.
- Order Tracking: Healthcare systems often require real-time tracking of diagnostic orders. Developers can query placer IDs, visit numbers, and batch IDs to monitor the status and progress of orders.
- Order Routing: Developers can use placer and bundle IDs to route diagnostic orders to the appropriate diagnostic service providers or facilities, ensuring that orders are directed to the correct destinations.
- Patient Diagnostic History: Developers can query patient IDs and encounter IDs to compile comprehensive diagnostic order histories for individual patients. This supports clinicians in making informed decisions based on a patient's diagnostic journey.
- Data Enrichment: Developers can combine diagnostic order placement data with other healthcare data models, such as patient and provider data, to create holistic patient profiles. This enriched data enhances the quality of care and personalization of healthcare services.
- Quality Assurance: By querying placer IDs and order numbers, developers can monitor the quality and accuracy of diagnostic order placement, ensuring that the right tests are being ordered at the right time.
- Order Integration: Developers can integrate diagnostic order placement data with other healthcare systems, such as laboratory information systems, to streamline the order fulfillment process.
- Billing and Claims Processing: Developers can extract order-related information, such as patient IDs and encounter IDs, to support billing and claims processing systems, ensuring accurate and timely reimbursement for diagnostic services.
- Compliance and Auditing: Developers can use this model to support compliance with healthcare regulations by querying order placement information for auditing and reporting purposes. This aids in maintaining regulatory compliance.
- Telemedicine and Remote Services: In telemedicine and remote healthcare scenarios, developers can use this model to facilitate remote diagnostic order placement, ensuring seamless communication between patients and providers.
- Research and Analytics: Researchers can access diagnostic order placement data for research and analytics purposes through APIs and data interfaces provided by this model. This data can drive insights into healthcare trends and treatment effectiveness.
Data Fields
| Attribute Name | Description | HL7 Mapping | Data Type | Label | Use Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alternate_visit_id | Alternative visit id | PV1-50/PID-18 | string | Alternate Visit Id | This field provides an alternate identifier for a patient's visit. It is used for tracking and cross-referencing patient visits and records, especially in scenarios requiring multiple identifiers or references. This field is recorded during patient registration and aids in accurate record linkage. |
| diagnostics_id | This is diagnostics_id attribute | ORC+MSH-10, SCH+MSH-10 | string | Diagnostics ID | This field often contains a code or identifier that uniquely represents the diagnostic test or procedure being requested. This code can be used to identify the test. |
| placer_supplemental_service_information | Placer Supplemental Service Information | OBR-46, OBR-47 | string | Placer Supplemental Service Information | This field may contain supplemental information related to the service or procedure being requested. It can include additional instructions, special requirements, or any other relevant details. |
| patient_id | Id of the patient | PID-3-1 | string | Patient ID | The patient ID is a unique identifier assigned to a patient within the healthcare system. It is used to accurately identify and link a patient's medical records, treatments, and history. |
| placer_field_2 | Placer Field 2 | OBR-19 | string | Placer Field 2 | This field is used to include supplementary data or identifiers that help further specify or categorise the medical test or procedure being requested. |
| visit_number | Id of the visit | PV1-19-1 | string | Visit Number | The visit number serves as a unique identifier for a specific patient visit or encounter within a healthcare facility. It distinguishes one visit from another. |
| placer_field_1 | Placer Field 1 | OBR-18 | string | Placer Field 1 | This field is used to include supplementary data or identifiers that help further specify or categorise the medical test or procedure being requested. |
| xc_visit_id | XC visit id | Based on alternate_visit_id followed by visit_number followed by system generated ID | string | XC visit id | The "xc_visit_id" is a unique identifier used to group together all the interactions, procedures, tests, and check-ups associated with a single patient visit in a healthcare setting. This identifier helps in organising and managing various activities and data related to that specific patient encounter. |
| placer_order_number | Filler Order Number | OBR-2, (ORC-33 and not OBR-53), SCH-26,ORC-2,OBR-53 | string | Placer Order Number | This field represents the identifier assigned to a general order, which can include multiple related observations or tests. It is typically used in the context of managing orders and their status within a healthcare system. |
| bundle_id | ID of bundle | MSH-10 | string | Bundle ID | “bundle ID" typically refers to a unique identifier assigned to a group or bundle of related messages or data elements. This identifier is used to associate multiple messages or pieces of information that are related to a specific patient, event, or transaction. |
| placer_id | This is placer_id attribute | System Generated | string | Placer ID | The Placer ID is crucial for maintaining order and result integrity within the healthcare system. It provides a unique identifier for orders and observations, facilitating order tracking, result association, and coordination among different components of the healthcare workflow. |
| lineage | This is lineage attribute | Fixed - HL7 | string | Lineage | "lineage" refers to the information about the origin or source of a message. It helps trace the path of the message, indicating where it originated, how it was transmitted, and any intermediate systems or components it passed through before reaching its destination. |
| batch_id | Batch id | System Generated | string | Batch ID | "batch ID" is a unique identifier assigned to a group of messages that are logically grouped together for processing or transmission. Batching messages is a common practice in healthcare systems to efficiently manage and transmit multiple messages as a single unit |
| encounter_id | Encounter ID | PV1+MSH-10 | string | Encounter ID | This unique identifier is used to associate various HL7 messages with a specific patient encounter or visit. It ensures that data and events are accurately linked to the correct patient's healthcare journey. |