Patient Matching News and Resources for Healthcare

ONC Expands Health Equity Data Initiative to Standardize Patient Addresses

August 10, 2022 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that it will incorporate recommendations from the HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) into the next iteration of its Project US@ initiative. Project US@ follows a health-equity-by-design framework, which means that it is focused on improvements in...

Supporting Secure Data Sharing, Patient Privacy During COVID-19

November 17, 2020 by Jessica Kent

When COVID-19 began spreading across the US, the healthcare industry quickly moved to improve its secure data sharing practices in order to accelerate research efforts and treatment development. For...

How Predictive Analytics, Patient IDs Can Improve the Care Experience

October 07, 2020 by Jessica Kent

In an industry as high-stakes and uncertain as healthcare, predictive analytics tools and patient identifiers have emerged as viable solutions for seamless, comprehensive care delivery. These tactics...

How Patient Matching, Data Standardization Could Combat COVID-19

June 22, 2020 by Jessica Kent

As the healthcare industry continues to seek solutions to track and control the spread of COVID-19, patient matching and data standardization have surfaced as effective responses to the pandemic. For...

Poor Data Quality, Weak Algorithms Lead to Patient Matching Issues

February 13, 2020 by Jessica Kent

Hospitals and health information exchanges (HIEs) still struggle with patient matching issues, with many citing data quality problems and poor algorithms as top barriers to patient matching, according...

Lack of Data Standards Hinders Patient Matching Improvements

May 15, 2019 by Jessica Kent

Healthcare executives believe that a lack of data standards and costs of solutions are major impediments to improved patient matching, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Healthcare...

Master Patient Index Creates Platform to Tackle Social Determinants

March 14, 2019 by Jennifer Bresnick

As value-based approaches to healthcare reimbursement become more popular across the industry, provider groups are becoming increasingly focused on addressing the social determinants of health...

EHR Demographic Data Standards Could Improve Patient Matching

January 23, 2019 by Jessica Kent

Healthcare organizations should work to adopt more standardized methods of inputting demographic data into the EHR to ensure accurate patient matching, according to a recent report from the Government...

Data Standards, Unique Identifiers Will Reduce Patient Matching Errors

October 03, 2018 by Jessica Kent

The healthcare industry should prioritize the development of data standards, unique patient identifiers, and engagement from patients if it wishes to reduce the number of patient matching errors that...

Health Data Governance, Analytics Bring AHIMA Award to Yale New Haven

August 22, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

A highly structured and comprehensive approach to health data governance, data analytics, and clinical documentation improvement (CDI) has brought the 2018 AHIMA Grace Award to Yale New Haven Health...

Pew: Better Patient Matching, APIs Will Enhance Interoperability

June 26, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Improved patient matching, the effective use of application program interfaces (APIs), and standardized clinical data will enhance interoperability in Medicare and increase health data access for...

The Sequoia Project Updates Patient Matching Framework

June 19, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Improving data integrity, standardizing electronic health record (EHR) practices, and enhancing workflows will reduce the number and severity of patient matching issues, according to a recently...

Patient Matching Issues Stem from Poor Data Standardization

April 24, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Poor data standardization can result in incomplete and inaccurate data collection, patient matching issues, and slower organizational workflows, according to a study published in AHIMA’s...

Patient Matching Issues Increase Costs, Threaten Patient Safety

April 12, 2018 by Jessica Kent

Patient matching issues that result in duplicate records and repeated medical care cost an average of $1950 per patient per inpatient stay and over $800 per ED visit, according to a Black Book survey...

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