VAFC HFS SCRATCH    ICR (3549)

The MPI/PD Data Quality Management team, working on the Master
Patient Index (MPI) at Austin, needs access to facility information
to improve data quality and resolve differences on the MPI.
Functionality was provided in DG*5.3*414, released Jan 03, 2002,
to enable them to remotely retrieve facility data through remote
procedure calls (RPCs).  This was done by establishing the "VAFC
HFS SCRATCH" entry in the PARAMETER DEFINITION (#8989.51) file
in DG*5.3*414.

CLINICAL INFO RESOURCE NETWORK routines would like to use the
"VAFC HFS SCRATCH" entry in the PARAMETER DEFINITION (#8989.51)
file to access, open, use, and close the HFS directory for RPCs.

Master Patient Index/Patient Demographics (MPI/PD) is requesting
an IA with Registration to reference the "VAFC HFS SCRATCH" entry
in routine RGMTHFS.