Healthcare DIVE October 2, 2018
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • No solution currently exists that could achieve perfect or near perfect match rates across EHR systems for all patients, according to a report released Tuesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts. However, actions can be taken to better link records, to the benefit of patients and providers.

  • In the short term, Pew recommends clarifying government funding restrictions for unique identifiers, agreeing on standardized demographics, assessing privacy ramifications, continuing to research (and adopt) referential matching using third-party data and verifying phone numbers and other identifying information provided by patients.

  • To develop a stronger patient matching chassis, long-term opportunities include creating a single countrywide oversight organization, launching pilot projects for patients to use their...

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Topics: ASTP/ONC, Cures Act, EMR / EHR, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HIE (Interoperability), Patient / Consumer, Physician, Provider, Technology
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