In the HL7 v2 IHE framework, this type of event is known as an ITI-8 transaction. It is triggered by the following HL7 v2 events:
A01: Inpatient admission
A04: Outpatient registration
A05: Inpatient preadmission
A08: Update to an existing patient record
A40: Patient record merge
In the HL7 v3 IHE framework, this type of event is known as an ITI-44. It is triggered by the following HL7 v3 events:
PRPA_TE201301UV02: Patient registry record added (triggers a PRPA_IN201301UV02 message)
PRPA_TE201302UV02: Patient registry record revised (triggers a PRPA_IN201302UV02 message)
PRPA_TE201304UV02: Patient registry duplicates resolved (triggers a PRPA_IN201304UV02 message)
For audit purposes, these events are all identified as “Patient Record” events, with an event ID of 110110.