Healthcare DIVE October 2, 2018
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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