Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Joseph B Hewitt.
The need for an enterprise-wide person-centric approach to patient identification is presented, along with the challenges to achieving that objective and guidelines to the actions and technology that will support the enterprise view.
A complete understanding of current and past medical conditions is essential to maintaining quality patient care, and it is care quality that suffers when the medical record in incomplete. Enterprise master patient indexes (EMPIs) can serve as critical tools in improving operations, protecting medical record integrity, and improving patient service. This article reveals how EMPIs are linking crucial patient information.