Guide to Patient Identification

Topics Covered: patient identification, accurate patient identification, patient selection, patient access registration, Master Patient Index, MPI, medical record number, MRN, enterprise ID, facility MRN, one MRN per patient, patient demographics, clinical information, financial information, healthcare interoperability, health information exchange, HIE patient matching, patient record matching, patient identity management, patient misidentification, duplicate medical record prevention, duplicate MRN prevention, overlay prevention, patient record overlay, patient record overlap, downstream system errors, registration system errors, bed management system errors, pharmacy system errors, lab system errors, billing system errors, wrong patient information, delayed test results, missed test results, duplicate testing, wrong medication risk, incorrect insurance information, missed authorizations, wrong insurance billing, patient billing errors, patient dissatisfaction, MPI search strategies, MPI database search, patient name search, medical record number search, encounter number search, account number search, date of birth search, Social Security number search, phone number search, alternate name search, shortened name search, three-character name search, expanded search results, deterministic matching, probabilistic matching, Soundex matching, exact-match patient matching, patient matching algorithms, data quality in patient matching, data entry standards, naming conventions, legal name entry, patient full legal name, preferred name field, nickname entry, hyphenated names, name suffixes, punctuation in patient names, special character rules, official documentation for name changes, proof of identification, patient identifiers, three patient identifiers, Joint Commission patient identification, first name verification, last name verification, date of birth verification, last four of Social Security number, mother’s maiden name, birthplace, guarantor verification, previous names, insurance policy information, next of kin verification, last date of service verification, identity confirmation before record selection, identity confirmation before record correction, smart card patient identification, biometric patient identification, palm vein scanning, fingerprint scanning, retina scanning, patient identification technology, duplicate record reporting, overlay reporting, HIM consultation for overlays, Health Information Management record correction, demographic mismatch, clinical mismatch, blood type mismatch, allergy mismatch, medication history mismatch, problem list mismatch, medical history mismatch, avoiding duplicate records, avoiding overlays, registration safety practices, stop and search workflow, exhaust all search options, never select a close record, create new MRN when identifiers do not match, correcting multiple patient identifiers, date of birth correction risk, Social Security number correction risk, patient safety in registration, healthcare data integrity, patient access data integrity, MPI cleanup, duplicate and overlay cleanup, cost of correcting patient identification errors, patient identification error prevention, Patient ID Now, ASTP patient identity resources, ONC patient identification resources, master data management in HIE, patient identification course, patient access education, healthcare registration training.