Observation Reporting

The Observation Reporting message set provides for the transmission of structured patient-oriented clinical information. This includes clinical observations such as clinical laboratory results, the results of imaging studies (excluding images), EKG pulmonary function studies, vital signs, intake and output, measures of patient status and condition, severity and/or frequency of symptoms, drug allergies, diagnostic lists, physician and nursing history, physicals, progress notes, operative notes and so on. Message information is reported in text, numeric or categorical values.