---
type: "example"
title: "MessageHeader Example: messageheader-example"
resource: "MessageHeader"
example: "messageheader-example"
---
# MessageHeader Example: messageheader-example

## Narrative

Update Person resource for Peter James CHALMERS (Jim), MRN: 12345 (Acme Healthcare)

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MessageHeader xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://hl7.org/fhir ../../schema/messageheader.xsd">
	<id value="1cbdfb97-5859-48a4-8301-d54eab818d68"/>
	<text>
		<status value="generated"/>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
			<p>Update Person resource for Peter James CHALMERS (Jim), MRN: 12345 (Acme Healthcare)</p>
		</div>
	</text>
	<eventCoding>
		<system value="http://example.org/fhir/message-events"/>
		<code value="admin-notify"/>
	</eventCoding>
	<destination>
		<endpointUrl value="llp:10.11.12.14:5432"/>
		<name value="Acme Message Gateway"/>
		<!-- this is to indicate to the Acme Message Gateway that this particular message 
       is intended for Practitioner "xcda" -->
		
		<receiver>
			<reference value="http://acme.com/ehr/fhir/Practitioner/2323-33-4"/>
		</receiver>
	</destination>

	<!--   <timestamp value="2012-01-04T09:10:14Z"/> -->
	<author>
		<reference value="Practitioner/example"/>
	</author>
	<source> 
		<endpointUrl value="llp:10.11.12.13:5432"/>
		<name value="Acme Central Patient Registry"/>
		<software value="FooBar Patient Manager"/>
		<version value="3.1.45.AABB"/>
		<contact>
			<system value="phone"/>
			<value value="+1 (555) 123 4567"/>
		</contact>
    	<sender>
    		<reference value="Organization/1"/>
    	</sender>		
	</source>
	<reason>
		<coding>
			<system value="http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/message-reasons-encounter"/>
			<code value="admit"/>
		</coding>
	</reason>
	<response>
		<identifier>
			<value value="5015fe84-8e76-4526-89d8-44b322e8d4fb"/>
		</identifier>
		<code value="ok"/>
	</response>
	<!-- Here's the payload, the resource that this admin-update concerns -->
	<focus>
		<reference value="Patient/example"/>
	</focus>
	<definition value="http:////acme.com/ehr/fhir/messagedefinition/patientrequest"/>
</MessageHeader>
```