The Path Forward for Healthcare ’s People Matching Problem

The following is a guest article by Rachel Podczervinski MS, RHIA, Vice President of Professional Services at Harris Data Integrity Solutions.
Efforts to identify the right path forward for healthcare’s patient matching problem are gaining a foothold as stakeholders from across the spectrum come together to remove obstacles and implement effective solutions. Most notably, in 2022, efforts by industry organizations like Patient ID Now led to the temporary removal of Section 510 from the U.S. House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations bills. While it was ultimately reinserted in the final version, its initial removal by the Senate was the first time that chamber had done so in 20 years – a significant achievement in the fight to eliminate the outdated rider barring funding of research into a national patient identifier.
Meanwhile, the Office for the National Coordinator (ONC) through its Project US@ collaboration with standards development organizations and other stakeholders issued the Project US@ Technical Specification for patient addresses and the ONC-AHIMA Companion Guide containing operational guidance and best practices. The Patient ID Now coalition also issued its Framework for a National Strategy on Patient Identity: A Proposed Blueprint to Improve Patient Identification and Matching to guide creation of a national strategy for patient identification to ensure accurate patient matching and pro...

Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 15, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Security and Privacy Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Black Book Research EHR Electronic Health Records EMPI Enterprise Master Patient Ind Source Type: blogs