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What Is an ORM Message?

October 5th, 2006 by HL7 Standards Print Friendly

HL7 terms to better understand what is HL7. In the HL7 Standard, an order (ORM) is any request for materials (e.g., 500 ml of 2.5% saline) or services (e.g., a range of motion study, an EKG, a lipid panel, etc.).

Orders are usually for a particular patient, but they can also be for a department (e.g., floor stock) or for a non-patient (e.g., an environment study where no specific patient is involved.)

The transmission of clinical orders occurs between the application placing the order (the placer) and the clinical application filling the order (the filler).

Typically, the caregiver (e.g., physician) is entering orders on the HIS application which acts as the placer application in HL7 messaging parlance. The system to which the order is targeted (e.g., the lab in the case of a complete blood count order) is the filler of the order.

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  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2007/07/02/orm-vs-rde-for-hl7-pharmacy-orders/ ORM vs. RDE for HL7 Pharmacy Orders

    [...] Since both ORMs and RDEs can be used to send pharmacy orders, the question sometimes arises as to whether one should use ORM or RDE for pharmacy orders. Either approach is valid. Ultimately the question is not “Should I use ORM or RDE for pharmacy orders?”, but rather “Do my sending and receiving applications support exporting and importing of ORMs, RDEs or both for pharmacy orders?” Some vendors may choose to only export/import pharmacy orders as ORMs with additional segments or Z-segments as needed, while other vendors may choose to support export/import of RDEs instead, and still others may accept both.  [...]

  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2007/06/27/what-is-an-obx/ What Is an OBX?

    [...] the OBX segment is found as a part of an order message (ORM or RDE). In this case, the OBX carries clinical information needed by the receiving system. For [...]

  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2007/08/30/how-widely-adopted-is-hl7/ How Widely Adopted Is HL7?

    [...] a five physician office might use HL7 for lab results (ORU) but not for demographics (ADT), orders (ORM), or scheduling (SIU) messages at [...]

  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2007/09/28/placer-order-number-vs-filler-order-number/ Placer Order Number vs. Filler Order Number

    [...] the order message (ORM) used to request the observation will contain a Placer Order Number in field 2 of the ORC segment [...]

  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2008/09/03/integrating-emrs-with-reference-labs/ Integrating EMRs with Reference Labs

    [...] challenges of using HL7 Orders and HL7 Results in a standard way — typically via profiling such as ELINCS profile (also [...]

  • http://hl7standards.com/blog/2008/01/25/comparing-hl7-messages-to-hl7-documents/ Comparing HL7 Messages to HL7 Documents

    [...] about a patient, including updates to admissions or discharges (ADT), orders for tests (ORM), and test results (ORU). The more current the data, the more relevant it is in the delivery of [...]

  • What Is an ORM Message?

    [...] terms to better understand what is HL7. In the HL7 Standard, an order (ORM) is any request for materials (e.g., 500 ml of 2.5% saline) or services (e.g., a range of motion [...]

  • http://www.hl7standards.com/blog/2007/07/02/orm-vs-rde-for-hl7-pharmacy-orders/ ORM vs. RDE for HL7 Pharmacy Orders | HL7 Standards

    [...] both ORMs and RDEs can be used to send pharmacy orders, the question sometimes arises as to whether one [...]

  • http://www.hl7standards.com/blog/2008/09/03/integrating-emrs-with-reference-labs/ Integrating EMRs with Reference Labs | HL7 Standards

    [...] challenges of using HL7 Orders and HL7 Results in a standard way — typically via profiling such as ELINCS profile (also [...]

  • http://www.hl7standards.com/blog/2006/11/21/procedure-code-mapping-imaging-centers/ Procedure Code Mapping for Imaging Centers with HL7 | HL7 Standards

    [...] examples below illustrate the format of the OBR segment of an HL7 order message (ORM^O01) that each sending system would send to an imaging center: Hospital 1: [...]

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