ADT Notifications

ADT Notifications provide admission, discharge, and transfer alerts directly from hospital HL7 v2 message feeds. They deliver immediate visibility into inpatient and emergency encounters and differ from Clinical Alerts, which infer events from national network document exchange.

Overview

Explains how HL7 v2 ADT feeds generate encounter notifications, how ADT Notifications differ from Clinical Alerts, and how messages are delivered through Health Gorilla.

ADT vs Clinical Alerts

Understand the differences between HL7-based ADT Notifications and document-based Clinical Alerts. Learn when to use each type of alert to support your care coordination and patient monitoring workflows.

Supported HL7 Messages

Describes the HL7 v2 ADT message types and event codes supported for ADT Notifications and identifies which encounter events generate notifications.

Message Processing

Explains how inbound HL7 v2 messages are ingested, parsed, evaluated, and prepared for delivery, including normalization and routing behavior.

Patient Enrollment

Describes how patients are enrolled for ADT monitoring, including eligibility requirements, enrollment methods, and how enrollment timing affects notification delivery.

Implementation Decisions

Describes the major stages of ADT implementation, including delivery and consumption planning, secure access setup, patient enrollment, licensing, message routing, and validation.

Set Up Feed Delivery

Outlines the supported transport options and configuration steps required to deliver HL7 v2 ADT messages, including endpoint setup and delivery validation.

Implementation Overview

Explains how ADT Notifications are enabled through a phased implementation process, from delivery planning and enrollment readiness through routing activation and production delivery.

Go-Live Readiness

Outlines the conditions required to activate ADT Notifications in production, including enrollment stability, routing configuration, delivery validation, and readiness checks prior to go-live.

Troubleshooting

Find recommendations for diagnosing delivery issues, missing messages, and feed errors. Review monitoring best practices and escalation paths.