Definition: This segment provides additional information about the software product(s) used as a Sending Application. The primary purpose of this segment is for diagnostic use. There may be additional uses per site-specific agreements.

Implementers are encouraged to use message profile identifiers (as found in 2.14.9.21, "MSH-21 Message Profile Identifier (EI) 01598") to control the behavior of the receiving application rather than relying on application or version information in the SFT segment.

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1--XONR1-01834SFT-1Software Vendor Organizationmanufacturer
2-15#STR1-01835SFT-2Software Certified Version or Release NumberConf Length2 mappings
3-20#STR1-01836SFT-3Software Product NameConf Length3 mappings
4-20#STR1-01837SFT-4Software Binary IDConf LengthmodelNumber
5--TXO1-01838SFT-5Software Product Informationnote.text
6--DTMO1-01839SFT-6Software Install Date2 mappings
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