Dr. Barry Hieb is an expert in the field of patient identification. His work in this area spans several decades. He is passionate about find a solution to the problem of patient misidentification that is acceptable to all involved in healthcare delivery and that empowers patients to manage their healthcare appropriately. This paper summarizes requirements for such a solution.
GPII has entered the CHIME Challenge. We offer a completely open solution that affords many other companies an opportunity to work with us. Our submission for the Concept Blitz Phase will be made available to interested parties when permitted by the Challenge.
This is an excellent article written about the continuing problems with Patient Matching; clearly a concern for the integrity of electonic health records. The article quantifies the occurence of duplicate records and the cost of repairing those duplicates.
Perspectives in Health Information Management: Beth Just et al
CHIME issues Patient ID Challenge
GPII can meet this challenge. We are looking for partner Companies and Healthcare Organizations who would like to participate in the challenge.
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. It includes discussions on current matching approaches and their shortcomings, the role of unique identifiers, the importance of proper procedures, and a brief discussion of the GPII system.
Richard Hillestad, et. al., Oct. 2008, RAND Corporation Monograph # 753
