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Starting with version 5.61, ChartNet supports exporting HL7 documents with embedded PDF files.
To set up an HL7 PDF device in System Setup, create a new device and set its Interface Type to HL7_PDF:
The mapping for an HL7_PDF device is slightly different from other mappings. Specifically, the line FT,OBX,2 is changed to ED,OBX,2. You can import a ready-to-use mapping with the HL7 PDF button:
The "ED" tag indicates the following text is Encapsulated Data. It will be followed by the text "ADTX^Image^PDF^Base64^", which instructs the receiving system how to decode the embedded PDF. The rest of the document is the actual encoded PDF, which will appear to be made up of random characters. This may go on for several pages, depending upon the size of the PDF:
