ReferralNet Agent - Configuring Sending

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The sending facility of the Agent allows you to monitor specified directories, and send files automatically via ReferralNet.

The sending facility supports two modes:

Interactive

When a file is created in the specified directory, a window is immediately displayed allowing the user to search for and verify the recipient before sending.

Interactive sending is only available when the Agent is installed in Tray mode.

Non-Interactive

Files saved in directories configured for non-interactive sending are processed the next time the agent executes a "poll", every 15 minutes by default.

The source file must contain a supported mechanism which allows the Agent to identify the ReferralNet username to deliver the file to.

The Agent supports the following mechanisms:

Send any file using the filename as the ReferralNet username
Send to the ReferralNet username specified in the HL7's receiving facility (MSH.6)
Send to the ReferralNet username specified in the HL7's receiving provider identity (PRD.7.1 where PRD.3 is "RT")
Send to the ReferralNet username specified in the PIT file's MsgRecipient header

Please refer to your host application's documentation to determine the correct mechanism.

More information on the mechanisms can be found on the ReferralNet Agent Interfacing page.

If the message was unable to be processed, it will be saved to the path specified. If no path is specified, the failed message is deleted. Reasons for failure include failure to save to the destination directory due to permissions, and failure to decrypt the message.

If an SMTP server and email address has been configured on the Settings tab, you can opt to send an email to the administrator when failures occur.

Creating / Editing

Only send files that I created

Enabling this option restricts the Agent to sending files that you have created.

This allows for scenarios where multiple workstations are saving files to send to the same directory, and you only want to send files that you saved to that directory.

This option is not available when the Agent is installed as a Service.

Interactive Sending

When a file is created in any of the configured directories that match the filters and are configured for interactive sending, the following window is automatically displayed:

Once the message has been sent, or if the sending window is closed/canceled, the source file is always deleted. Should the file need to be re-sent, it has to be regenerated by the source application.

Next Step

Medical Director Integration or Configuring Settings