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title: Messages Overview
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## Message and Response Descriptions

**Clinical Message**

A *Clinical* message is used to communicate patient-related clinical information between health care providers. It may contain textual data as well as, structured content, and file attachments.

**Status**

This response indicates the *Clinical* message was accepted for processing by receiving system. Receiving system automatically generates the *Status* response to the *Clinical* message originator. The *Clinical* message originator is not required to perform any additional action upon receipt of the *Status* response.

- *Status 010* indicates the message was delivered electronically.
- *Status 000* indicates that the message was accepted for processing, but final status is not yet available.

**Verify**

This message indicates a *Clinical* message was delivered electronically to the recipient. The receiving system of the *Verify* message (*Clinical* message originator) is responsible for providing a *Status* response to the *Verify* message originator.

**Error**

This message/response indicates that an error has occurred and the message has not reached its intended recipient.

- An *Error* response is automatically generated when there is a communication problem delivering the *Clinical* message to the receiving system and the request was terminated.
- An *Error* message is generated when the receiving system is unable to deliver the *Clinical* message to the intended recipient.