ADT^A01

Admit a Patient

Patient Administration
Normally entered in the primary ADT system and broadcast to the nursing units and ancillary systems. Includes short-stay and John Doe admissions.

ADT ADT Message Chapter

Message Types

Event Flow

TriggerA01
SendADT_A01
ReceiveACK

Worked Examples

3.4.1 Admit a patient - trigger event A01 (basic example) -

HL7 v2
MSH|^~\&|REGADT|MCM|LABADT|MCM|198808181126|SECURITY|ADT^A01|MSG00001|P|2.2|
EVN|01|198808181123||
PID|||PATID1234^5^M11||JONES^WILLIAM^A^III||19610615|M||C|1200 N ELM STREET^ ...GREENSBORO^NC^27401-1020|GL|(919)379-1212|(919)271-3434||S||
...PATID12345001^2^M10|123456789|987654^NC|
NK1|JONES^BARBARA^K|WIFE|
PV1|1|I|2000^2012^01||||004777^LEBAUER^SIDNEY^J.|||SUR||||ADM|A0|
Patient William A. Jones, III was admitted on July 18, 1988 at 1123 a.m. by doctor Sidney J. Lebauer (#004777) for surgery (SUR). He has been assigned to room 2012, bed 01 on nursing unit 2000.
The message was sent from system REGADT at the MCM site to system LABADT also at the MCM site on the same date as the admission took place but three minutes after the admit.

3.4.3 Admit a patient - trigger event A01 (complex example)

HL7 v2
MSH|^~\&|REGADT|MCM|LABADT||199112311418||ADT^A01|000001|P|2.2|||
EVN|A01|199112311418|199112311418|01|
PID|||2-68708-5|253763|MASSIE^JAMES^""^""^""^""^||19560129|M|||171ZOBERLEIN^^ISHPEMING^MI^49849^""^||(900)485-5344|
...(900)485-5344||S|C||371-66-9256||
NK1||MASSIE^MARYLOU^""^""^""^""^|MOTHER|171 ZOBERLEIN^^ISHPEMING^MI^49849^""^|
...(900)485-5344|
PV1||E|EMERG||||0148^ADDISON,JAMES|0148^ADDISON,JAMES|0148^ADDISON,JAMES|2||
...||||||0148^ADDISON,JAMES|S||A|||||||||||||||||||||||199112311418|
...199201210800|||||
DG1|1|19||L FIFTH FINGER LAC||00|||||||||
GT1|1||MASSIE^JAMES^""^""^""^""^||171 ZOBERLEIN^^ISHPEMING^MI^49849^""^|
...(900)485-5344|(900)485-5344||||SELF|371-66-925||||MOOSES AUTO
...CLINIC|171 ZOBERLEIN^^ISHPEMING^MI^49849^""|(900)485-5344||||
IN1|1|0|BC1|BLUE CROSS|171 ZOBERLEIN^^ISHPEMING^M149849^""^||
...(900)485-5344|90||||||50 OK|||||||||||||||||||||