By Mary Butler Patient safety experts at the ECRI Institute were concerned enough about patient matching in electronic health records (EHRs) to put it on their annual “Top 10 Patient…
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Who Are You? The Quest for a Unique Patient Identifier
Patient identification and matching errors carry consequences that range anywhere from frustration due to relatively minor mistakes to outcomes that can only be described as devastating.
Advocacy Brings Progress for Patient Matching
While accurately matching patients to their health data is widely recognized as critical to enhancing patient safety, achieving better patient outcomes, and ensuring accurate health information exchange, widespread challenges persist.
The HIM View for 2020
Industry professionals sharpen focus on patient matching, social determinants, and more as a new decade begins.