python-hl7 API
==============

.. testsetup:: *

   import hl7
   message = 'MSH|^~\&|GHH LAB|ELAB-3|GHH OE|BLDG4|200202150930||ORU^R01|CNTRL-3456|P|2.4\r'
   message += 'PID|||555-44-4444||EVERYWOMAN^EVE^E^^^^L|JONES|196203520|F|||153 FERNWOOD DR.^^STATESVILLE^OH^35292||(206)3345232|(206)752-121||||AC555444444||67-A4335^OH^20030520\r'
   message += 'OBR|1|845439^GHH OE|1045813^GHH LAB|1554-5^GLUCOSE|||200202150730||||||||555-55-5555^PRIMARY^PATRICIA P^^^^MD^^LEVEL SEVEN HEALTHCARE, INC.|||||||||F||||||444-44-4444^HIPPOCRATES^HOWARD H^^^^MD\r'
   message += 'OBX|1|SN|1554-5^GLUCOSE^POST 12H CFST:MCNC:PT:SER/PLAS:QN||^182|mg/dl|70_105|H|||F'

.. autofunction:: hl7.parse

.. autofunction:: hl7.ishl7

Data Types
----------

.. autoclass:: hl7.Container
   :members: __unicode__

.. autoclass:: hl7.Message
   :members: segments, segment, __getitem__

.. autoclass:: hl7.Segment

.. autoclass:: hl7.Field


MLLP Network Client
-------------------

.. autoclass:: hl7.client.MLLPClient
   :members: send_message, send, close