M&A and Patient Data Integrity: An interview with Rachel Podczervinski and Julie Pursley of Harris Data Integrity Solutions

Rapid-fire M&A activity poses a risk to data integrity. As impacted hospitals and health systems seek to consolidate their operations and technologies, duplicate and crossover records surge.  While these errors pose immediate challenges, the longer-term concern is maintaining the accuracy and integrity of patient data across newly merged systems. Rachel Podczervinski, MS, RHIA, and Julie A. Pursley, MSHI, RHIA, CHDA, FAHIMA, recently sat down with Electronic Health Reporter to explore the obstacles confronting those tasked with maintaining the accuracy of patient data in a rapidly consolidating healthcare environment. Read M&A and Patient Data Integrity.