On Dec. 16 Audacious Inquiry hosted a report on their work to support an ONC project investigating the patient matching issue in healthcare. The attached list of references is a valuable resource for those interested in improving healthcare's patient identification capabilities.
This is an update of a 1993 WEDI foundation report on healthcare automation. The report has several items that deal with patient identification.
On page 17 the report states the first patient engagement recommendation as "Standardize the patient identification process acoss the healthcare system.
On page 54 the report makes a HUGE MISTAKE when it recommends "Use the Social Security Number as a patient identification number."
Identity and Privacy: Healthcare Automation Essentials
This is a brief non-technical overview of the GPII solution to patient identification and privacy issues from the perspective of a patient.
