Question

When the electronic health record was implemented into the healthcare delivery system with deadline date of October 1, 2015, data management was controlled at the level of the MPI (master patient index). Prior to the electronic conversion, the MPI was then, in hard copy format. Now post-implementation, it is in the automated (computer) format. The MPI is the key to the electronic data repositories and the integration of the computer based clinical, financial and demographic date across the outcome of the delivery system. explain how the accuracy of the MPI is maintained with each patient’s visit.

Answer 1

• MPI contains two different types if data, demograohic level and visit level.
• Demographic level includes ,
• Patient' s full name- family name, initial, middle name with prefix and suffixes
• Internal identification number- it is the hospital record number
• Date of birth- in cases where patient have same name, date of birth provides additional information in identifying
• Complete address- street, city, pincode
• Gender
• Race
• Other unique identifications
• MPI aims to accurately maych and link records by uniquely identifying individuals