NAME VAFCPID2 ICR (3492)

Name

Value

NUMBER

3492

IA #

3492

DATE CREATED

2001/12/12

CUSTODIAL PACKAGE

REGISTRATION

CUSTODIAL ISC

Albany

USAGE

Private

TYPE

Routine

DBIC APPROVAL STATUS

APPROVED

ROUTINE

VAFCPID2

NAME

NAME VAFCPID2

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Master Patient Index VistA application would like to
formalize the use of this API for standardization of the name as was done in
patch DG*5.3*149 for transmission of patient names to the MPI in the query
messages and for comparing existing names to MPI names.  No updates to the
patient file name would occur during this process.

STATUS

Active

VAFCPID2

COMPONENT/ENTRY POINT

COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

VARIABLES

NAME

NAME(DFN,MPISTR,FLG)
DFN - ien from Patient file
MPISTR - name as stored in Patient file
FLG - DON'T updated in patient file (default is not to update) -
1="Y", 0=" N"

VARIABLES

TYPE

VARIABLES DESCRIPTION

DFN

Input

Internal entry number of the patient in the patient
file.

MPISTR

Both

Initially, this variable is passed into the routine
as the patient's name to be standardized.  Upon existing the routine, this
variable contains the standardized version of the name.

FLG

Input

This field is to denote wether of not the Patient
file entry should be updated.  Initially that was an option -- currently this
field should never be yes.

SUBSCRIBING PACKAGE

MASTER PATIENT INDEX VISTA