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Just Associates provides data integrity services that decrease healthcare information issues and minimize the ongoing cost of maintaining patient data quality.
Exploring the UPI and Patient Matching
By Karen Proffitt MHIIM, RHIA, CHP and Mackenzie Higgins, RHIA
Part One: The Quest for 1%
Effective patient identification and matching has been one of healthcare’s most intractable problems—and worst-kept secrets. But recent events including the COVID-19 pandemic and legislative actions designed to clear a path to a national patient identifier have put the spotlight back onto the issue,…
Part Two: The Quest for 1%
In Part One, we discussed the ongoing challenges with patient identification and matching, and AHIMA’s recommendation to achieve a duplicate record rate of not more than 1%. In Part Two, we dig into specifics on the role database environments, duplicate error and creation rate calculations,…
Part Three: The Quest for 1%
In Part Two, we explored the role database environments, duplicate error and creation rate calculations, workforce factors, and the types of patient matching algorithms play in doing so. In Part Three, we look at the ICMMR Cycle recommended by AHIMA to achieve a 1% duplicate rate.
