PHC Hub User Guide (v. July 2018)

Query Usage and Best Practices

This section replaces the following previous documentation:

• QBP Usage and Best Practices
• Query Usage Best Practices and Responses Guide (also known as VXQ Usage and Best Practices Guide)

This section also assumes that the user has experience with the HL7 language, is using the Global Submitter System, and that the PHC Hub Import Profile settings are configured as follows:

• Maximum number of matches: 20
• The Enforce user agreement option is not selected
• The Return any singular low confidence match from Advanced Search as a high confidence match. (Return single VXX as VXR) option is selected

Example Query Settings page:

The follow topics are included in this section:

• QBP Query Information
• QBP Message Segment Specifications
• Best Practices for QBP
• VXQ Query Information
• Best Practices for VXQ