Comment by ape4

When they say "Most EHRs use a message format called HL7v2, which is ugly and tedious to type." they aren't kidding, here's an example of it:

MSH|^~\&|FROM_APP|FROM_FACILITY|TO_APP|TO_FACILITY|20180101000000||ADT^A01|20180101000000|P|2.5| EVN|A01|20110613083617| PID|1|843125^^^^MRN|21004053^^^^MRN~2269030303^^^^ORGNMBR||SULLY^BRIAN||19611209|M|||123 MAIN ST^^CITY^STATE^12345| PV1||I|H73 RM1^1^^HIGHWAY 01 CLINIC||||5148^MARY QUINN|||||||||Y||||||||||||||||||||||||||||20180101000000|