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New EHR? A Checklist to Protect Data Integrity
When migrating to a new EHR system, protecting the integrity of your patient data is paramount , so consider it from the outset to minimize post-migration problems.
Tips for Effective Patient Identity Queue Management
When properly managed, identity queues like roster management engine (RME) errors and potential overlays, can lay the foundation for an effective person index – one that minimizes issues and facilitates streamlined care coordination as part of an effective value-based care strategy.
The Crucial Role of EMPIs in Fostering Successful Interoperability and Innovation in Healthcare
Healthcare systems are often composed of multiple software applications and databases that do not naturally communicate with each other. EMPIs bridge the gap by reconciling patient identities and enabling seamless data exchange among these systems. This more accurate, comprehensive view of a patient’s health record is crucial for the success of interoperability and other technology initiatives.
Double Whammy: Epic Users Hit Twice as Hard
The recent increase in California's healthcare workers' minimum wage to $25 per hour is estimated to cost $4 billion in the 2024-25 fiscal year alone. With additional states expected to follow, this adds a layer of financial strain for hospitals. Meanwhile, Epic users are seeing more errors in their identity queues than ever – errors that require time-intensive review.
Six Reasons Your EHR is Not an Adequate Patient Identity Solution
EHRs are invaluable tools for managing patient healthcare information within a healthcare organization. However, they have limitations when it comes to achieving positive patient identity – ensuring that you correctly identify each patient consistently across different systems and encounters.
Eliminating MPI/EMPI Roadblocks to Optimize IT, Advance Interoperability
Clean patient data is the foundation for digital transformation. By ensuring that the MPI/EMPI has no duplicate or overlaid patient records, any technology initiative can set the stage for an accelerated ROI and optimized benefits.
Highlights from AHIMA’s 2023 Naming Policy Framework
AHIMA’s Naming Policy Framework 2023: Enhancing Person Matching with Essential Demographic Data Elements provides everything HIM professionals and healthcare organizations need to know about person matching in health IT.
Dirty MPIs and the Patient Experience
The patient’s experience is an often-overlooked aspect of patient identification and master patient index (MPI) management. But the impact of a compromised MPI on patient safety and satisfaction is significant.
Stop Patient Identity Related Revenue Leakage
Healthcare finance executives remain laser-focused on revenue growth and retention, including identifying unexpected sources of revenue leakage as part of a holistic revenue cycle management (RCM) strategy.
SDOH, Patient Identification Dominate AHIMA Advocacy Summit 2023
Social determinants of health (SDOH) and unique patient identifiers dominated the discussion when health leaders and policymakers gathered in Washington, DC in April for the AHIMA Advocacy Summit 2023.
A Project US@ Deep Dive: Part One
The Project US@ Companion Guide helps technical experts in healthcare prepare for data capture, although work remains to be done to unify all technology vendors behind the standards. Even so, this moment means we can better navigate outlier cases for address types outside the regular home address, with helpful examples of proper formatting.
Better Together: Harris Data Integrity Solutions
Harris Data Integrity Solutions is the result of investing in the best people to deliver software automation and personalized services that enable healthcare organizations to provide the safest possible patient care while optimizing their limited resources. Together, we leverage innovative technology and unique health management expertise to minimize duplicate medical records, improve revenue cycles and lower costs. Our team of experts understands patient data better than anyone in the industry – because we created the industry.
An End-to-End Approach to Patient Data Integrity
From cybersecurity threats and patient self-registration to increased merger activity and the ongoing quest for a 1% maximum duplicate rate, maintaining the integrity of patient data is more complicated than ever. To achieve a secure, accurate and duplicate-free MPI/EMPI requires a multi-pronged approach that protects data from the point it enters the system and ensures it remains pristine with every touch along the way.
An Update on the AHIMA Project US@ Companion Guide
During the AHIMA21 virtual conference, I participated on the “Translating Technical Address Specifications into Operational Best Practice and Guidance for Project US@: ONC and AHIMA Joint Project” panel providing an update on development of the Project US@ Companion Guide along with the final version 1.0 of the Project US@ Technical Specification.