<H3>Special Instructions</H3> <p>One of the configuration issues in an XDS Affinity Domain is the Assigning Authority used in Patient identifiers. In testing at a Connectathon, it is easiest for the Registry/Repository actors to use a single Assigning Authority. This test and other connectathon tests will require each Identity Source to use the same Assigning Authority but will ask that each Identity Source use a different numeric range for the identifiers.</p>  <H3>Description</H3> The XDS_REG_REP_Patient_Feed test is used to load patient identifiers in a XDS Combined Registry/Repository. These are the same identifiers that will be used to submit documents in other tests. Each Identity Source should create two new patients of the form <table border="1"> <tr><th>North America</th><th>Europe</th><th>Japan</th></tr> <tr><td>IDENTITY^REGISTRY^S</td><td>IDENTITY^REGISTRY^Së</td><td> </td></tr> <tr><td>IDENTITY^REGISTRY^N</td><td>IDENTITY^REGISTRY^Në</td><td> </td></tr> </table> <ul> <li>IDENTITY is the name of the Identity Source in the Kudu system, or a 3-4 letter abbreviation</li> <li>REGISTRY is the name of the Registry/Repository actor in the Kudu system, or a 3-4 letter abbreviation</li> <li>S stands for Surviving patient and N stands for Non-Surviving Patient (used in later tests).</li> </ul> For example: <b>Sms^Agfa^S</b> <p>The Identity Source should send one ADT A01 message (ITI-8) to inform the Registry/Repository of patient 'S'. The Identity Source should send one ADT A04 message (ITI-8) to inform the Registry/Repository of patient 'N'. When the ITI committee determines what it means to merge patients in XDS, this test will be modified to also examine A08 update and A40 merge messages.</p> <p>Patient Identity Source should populate the PID fields listed in the table below. Other fields may be populated if desired, but the Connectathon monitor will look for data in these fields: <table border="1"> <tr><th>PID Seq</th><th>Element Name</th><th>Notes</th></tr> <tr><td>3</td><td>Patient Identifier List</td><td>Use proper assigning authority</td></tr> <tr><td>5</td><td>Patient Name</td><td>See above</td></tr> <tr><td>7</td><td>Date/Time of Birth</td><td>Use same for both patients</td></tr> <tr><td>11</td><td>Patient Address</td><td>Use Connectathon address if possible</td></tr> </table>  <H3>Evaluation</H3> <p>Connectathon monitor should examine log files or database entries at the Registry/Repository indicating the two patients have been registered. The Document Registry/Repository is not expected to have a formal GUI to demonstrate this data, but it will need to maintain the data in some persistent manner.</p> <p>Connectathon monitor is looking for data in PID-3, PID-5, PID-7, PID-11. Other fields can be populated and ignored.</p>