<H3>Special Instructions</H3><p> <p>None</p>  <H3>Description</H3> <p>The PDQ_Continuation_Test is for the implementation of continuation pointers in query responses. Patient Demographic Consumers are not required by the TF to support this feature, so Supplier systems will need to seek a partner.  Consumers are encouraged to help. </p> <p> This test is applicable to HL7 v2.5 systems.  The Patient Demographic Supplier should load enough patients that could result in query matches and make use of the continuation protocol. You may have to use your imagination here as the normal test data is for very few patients.</p>  <p>Patient Demographic Consumers may have to perform some configuration to use a lower number of accepted records to assist the Demographic Supplier in using the continuation protocol.</p>  <p>The PDQ Consumer may be an <b>Importer</b> actor in the IRWF profile.</p>  <H3>Evaluation</H3> <p>Show the Connectathon monitor evidence that the Demographics Consumer is configured to limit the number of responses, thus forcing continuation.  The Demographics Supplier must also demonstrate its ability to limit the number of query responses to the value sent in RPC-2 of the query message. </p> The Connectathon monitor should observe the query in real time and see two items (if possible): <ul> <li>Log information at the consumer or supplier indicating the continuatioin protocol </li> <li>Behavior at the client that indicates continuation. </li> </ul> </p>  <p>Both of the items requested may be difficult to obtain; these depend on the implementations.</p> 