Each of the requirements described in this document must be considered in the design of a national healthcare identification system. We maintain that these requirements must be addressed regardless of what implementation strategy is cho
The future of patient identification
We believe that healthcare needs a major shift to solve the problem of misidentification
GPII has started a blog to engage the industry in a discussion about patient identification. We believe the problem and cost of patient misidentification is not well understood and the complexity of the solution is generally underestimated. Join us in this discussion and add your comments at Patient Identification at Wordpress
See also the first in a series of papers on patient identification: Designing a Durable Patient Identification Solution for Healthcare
Our sole focus is to provide cloud-based services to the healthcare industry to accurately link healthcare records. This is absolutely essential if we are to achieve the benefits of interoperability. GPII makes available a unique data element, a <prTag> that offers the following benefits:
We contend that enabling accurate sharing of clinical information will result in improved patient care and reduced costs. The simplicity of the <prTag> approach ensures that interoperability is both safe and cost effective.
Any solution to accurately match healthcare records must respect the privacy rights of the patient. <prTags> are designed specifically to address all of the requirements noted above.
Each of the requirements described in this document must be considered in the design of a national healthcare identification system. We maintain that these requirements must be addressed regardless of what implementation strategy is cho
When the original IOM report was published there was outrage that the equivalent of passenger jets falling from the sky was being ignored by the healthcare industry.
Once an individual’s identity has been compromised there is no mechanism in place to restore that person’s identity to wholeness. This document discusses why that strategic deficiency is no longer acceptable. It describes what is neces
How GPII solves the Patient Matching Problem
System Architecture
Privacy Paradigm
Privacy Implementation