Accurate patient identification is of the utmost importance in interoperability and failing to ensure accuracy poses a significant risk to patient safety and misidentification. Organizations have begun collaborating to provide guidance on several key components to reduce these risks.
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The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) has released a Naming Policy to enhance patient matching and identification.
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Best practices related to naming conventions for accurate patient identification were developed by a workgroup of subject matter experts created by AHIMA and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).
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The NDHIN team has begun brainstorming on ways that we could collaborate with others across the state to develop ND specific best practices and other helpful information – stay tuned for more to come on this!