Articles
Montefiore CIO on patient ID and population health
One of the "Basic challenges that we face" says Jack Wolf, Montefiore Medical Center's Chief Information Officer "is the lack of a unique patient identifier".
GAO States Patient Matching Remains a Challenge
A recent publication by the General Accounting Office states that accurate patient matching and supporting privacy of patient information are major challenges to achieve interoperability.
Unique Patient Identifier is Critical to Improve Patient Matching
A recent article published in HIStalk continues the discussion about the pros and cons of unique patient identifiers as a means to improve patient matching.
ONC SAFER patient identification self assessment
In January of 2014 the ONC released a Safety Assurance Factors for EHR Resilience (SAFER) report on patient identification.
One Million Data Breaches in One Month
A recent article reported that in the past month there have been nine major healthcare data breaches resulting in the exposure of personal information on more than 1,000,000 patients.
Patient Matching References
On Dec. 16 Audacious Inquiry hosted a report on their work to support an ONC project investigating the patient matching issue in healthcare.
2013 WEDI Report
This is an update of a 1993 WEDI foundation report on healthcare automation. The report has several items that deal with patient identification.
Identity and Privacy: Why Patients Should Care
This is a brief non-technical overview of the GPII solution to patient identification and privacy issues from the perspective of a patient.
HIMSS Patient Identity Integrity
This is a 60 page white paper prepared by the HIMSS Patient Identity Integrity Work Group in December, 2009 investigating the status of patient matching.
RAND Unique ID Study
This is a 'classic' 60 page analysis of the problems encountered by EMPI matching systems when attempting to identify individuals in large populations using demographic matching.