The Intelligent Healthcare Data Management System Using Nanosensors

Table 5

OBX segment field information.

Seq.	Len.	Fmt	Opt.	Field name
0	3		R	Segment ID = “OBX”
1	10	SI	O	Set ID—OBX
2	2	ID	R	Value type
3	20	CE	R	Observation identifier
4	20	ST	O	Observation Sub-ID
5	10	NM	R	Observation value
6	20	CE	R	Units
7	10	ST	O	References range
8	5	ID	O	Abnormal flags
9	5	NM	O	Probability
10	2	ID	O	Nature of abnormal test
11	1	ID	O	Result status
12	14	TS	O	Date of last normal values
13	20	ST	O	User defined access checks
14	14	TS	O	Date/time of the observation
15	60	CE	O	Producer’s ID
16	80	CN	O	Responsible observer
17	60	CE	O	Observation method