<H3>Special Instructions</H3>  <p>This test applies to an AR sending messages to an AM. In 2009, acknowledgements are sent, but no other data is sent from an AM to an AR. </p>  <p>The test provides the steps required of the AR and the AM. They play partner roles. ARs and AMs are responsible for coordinating with their partners in advance of the Connectathon to assure that they will have the required number of systems needed for testing. It is necessary to determine that the partnering systems support the same parameters, with consistent coding. For this reason, PCD recommends (and will shortly require) that parameters be coded as defined by the Rosetta Terminology Mapping project. Consult the project manager to determine if this requirement applies. </p>  <p>This test is out of scope for the Profile. It is provided to help assure that no unexpected or significant failure will occur during the Showcase. ARs will send one alarm or alert message for one patient from this single AR. It will contain data that the AM is not prepared to accept. That message is followed by an acceptable transmission. The objective is to show that the systems do not fail as a result of this transmission. </p>  <H3>Description</H3> <p>The AR sends messages as described in the test steps provided below to the AM. After confirming that this portion of the test works as intended by the developer, the message is sent again and this time the AR sends a message that the AR and AM can both support. Messages include physiologic and/or operational parameters. </p>  <p>Parameters should be sent from actual devices (preferred), simulators or, if necessary from parameter tables provided by the Project Manager (least desirable). </p>  <u>Patient Demographics </u> <p>The AR's patient list is developed using the rules in Kudu for test PCD_Patient_Demographics found at http://ihe-kudu.wustl.edu/na2009/connectathon_test.php.  For this test, the AR system will use any two patients from the list developed with this process. </p>  <H3>Evaluation</H3> <p>Project manager or monitor will observe the displays and/or logs provided by the sending system(s) and partner(s). The patients' names and/or medical record numbers (MRNs), physiologic and other parameters, their measurement values, and the time of parameter t/ acquisition will be compared. The type of display/documentation by the receiving system is not constrained, it need only be clinically useful. </p>  <p>NOTE: If other tests are conducted with this test, they will be evaluated as described for those tests and the evaluation will be recorded for those tests. </p>  