Creating a VMD

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Last updated: Feb 08, 2024 by Aryn Wiebe
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VMD files give an easy way to read HL7 and X12 files in a manner that can be understood by humans.

Follow these steps below to learn how this is done:

It’s hard to read HL7 messages if you do have way of understanding what all the fields mean. A vmd file provides a way of decoding HL7 so you can easily understand and map it. This video explains the benefit:

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Copy: test

  1. Choose Create File from the 3 dots beside the folder.

  1. Name the file test and choose .vmd from the drop down arrow.

  1. Click CREATE to add the file.

  1. Click the ellipsis as shown below, and click IMPORT:

 

Close the dialogue after importing.

This is the sample message we are parsing:

MSH|^~\&|MESA_ADT|XYZ_ADMITTING|iFW|ZYX_HOSPITAL|||ADT^A01|103102|P|2.4|||||||| EVN||200007010800||||200007010800 PID|||583295^^^ADT1||DOE^JANE||19610615|M-||2106-3|123 MAIN STREET^^GREENSBORO^NC^27401-1020|GL|(919)379-1212|(919)271-3434~(919)277-3114||S||PATID12345001^2^M10|123456789|9-87654^NC NK1|1|BATES^RONALD^L|SPO|||||20011105 PV1||E||||||5101^NELL^FREDERICK^P^^DR|||||||||||V1295^^^ADT1|||||||||||||||||||||||||200007010800|||||||| PV2|||^ABDOMINAL PAIN OBX|1|HD|SR Instance UID||1.123456.2.2000.31.2.1||||||F|||||| AL1|1||^PENICILLIN||PRODUCES HIVES~RASH AL1|2||^CAT DANDER DG1|001|I9|1550|MAL NEO LIVER, PRIMARY|19880501103005|F|| PR1|2234|M11|111^CODE151|COMMON PROCEDURES|198809081123 ROL|45^RECORDER^ROLE MASTER LIST|AD|CP|KATE^SMITH^ELLEN|199505011201 GT1|1122|1519|BILL^GATES^A IN1|001|A357|1234|BCMD|||||132987 IN2|ID1551001|SSN12345678

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