Bridges 101 Exam Questions & Answers(RATED A)

2 Does every HL7 message have to be encoded with the characters |^~& ? - ANSWERNo, the encoding characters can be any printable character. 2 Imagine that your message begins with MSH|^~&|. How would you encode the string "The result is positive & has a value of 2.7 x 10^3."? - ANSWERThe result is positive T has a value of 2.7 x 10S3. 2 Why is the NTE segment special? - ANSWERContext; its meaning depends on the segment it follows. 2 What is the difference between an empty field || and the delete character |""|? - ANSWERAn empty field is ignored by the interface, whereas the delete character will delete information from the database, assuming the field in question supports the delete character. 2 Aside from HL7 Version 2, name two other standards supported in Bridges? - ANSWERX12, FHIR, NCPDP, DICOM, and Direct. 2 Perform basic parsing of an HL7 message, such as identifying the contents of a specific field or component - ANSWERMake sure you can perform this task. 2 Escape the contents of a field that contains an encoding character by replacing it with the appropriate escape sequence - ANSWERMake sure you can perform this task. 2 The difference between a null field and the delete character - ANSWERNull is ignored while delete will remove if allowed 2 The context of an NTE segment - ANSWERVaries based on segment 2 Which characters may be used as encoding characters - ANSWERAny printable character 2 The importance of MSH-11 and MSH-12 - ANSWEREpic will reject message if invalid 2 The expectations of using Z-segments - ANSWERThey have been defined and coded for within Epic