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AHIMA Releases Naming Policy to Enhance Patient Identification and Matching January 14, 2022 · Regulatory and Health Industry · Under the Dome

AHIMA Releases Naming Policy to Enhance Patient Identification and Matching

By Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA


Health information (HI) professionals are acutely aware that the ability to accurately identify patients poses a significant risk to patient safety, and misidentification of patients has a negative

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