Patient Matching, Health IT Standards Critical for Interoperability
Health IT Analytics August 28, 2017
Improving the health IT world’s ability to conduct reliable patient matching will require an investment in data standards and seamless interoperability.
Trustworthy interoperability of accurate, meaningful, and timely health data must be predicated upon reliable patient matching techniques and widely shared health IT standard, states the Pew Charitable Trusts in a letter addressed to National Coordinator Dr. Donald Rucker.
In order for the healthcare system to reach the next level of health data exchange while ensuring privacy, patient safety, and optimal care quality, healthcare stakeholders need to invest in significant improvements to the ability to match electronic health records with the right individual so that data can be shared robustly across disparate systems.
Through the 21st Century Cures Act, Congress...