The Intelligent Healthcare Data Management System Using Nanosensors

Table 3

MSH segment field information.

Seq.	Len.	Fmt	Opt.	Field name
0	3		R	Segment ID = “MSH”
1	1	ST	R	Field separator
2	4	ST	R	Encoding characters
3	20	HD	R	Sending application
4	20	HD	R	Sending facility
5	20	HD	R	Receiving application
6	20	HD	R	Receiving facility
7	14	TS	R	Date/time of message
8	40	ST	O	Security
9	7	CM	R	Message type
10	20	ST	R	Message control ID
11	3	PT	R	Processing ID
12	8	ID	R	Version ID
13	15	NM	O	Sequence number
14	180	ST	O	Continuation pointer
15	2	ID	O	Accept acknowledgment type
16	2	ID	O	Application acknowledgment type
17	2	ID	O	Country code
18	6	ID	O	Character set
19	60	CE	O	Principal language of message