patient matching

Emergence of Caring Algorithms

By Rachel Podczervinski & Julie A. Pursley – Trust is critical in healthcare, not only trust between patients and providers but also trust in the health information used to make clinical decisions. Health information must be accurate, reliable, and complete. Unfortunately, data is inherently dirty.

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Identity and Patient Matching

By Scott Stuewe – Part 6 of 6 – As I mentioned in my introduction, patient matching doesn’t work terribly effectively today. The problem has its root in the identity challenges we have been discussing, although it is important to separate the patient matching challenge from trust-in-identity – these are related, but not congruent topics.





ONC Working Session: Patient Identity and Matching

Join the ONC for a working session on patient identity and patient matching, Monday, June 1, 2020, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET. They invite individuals and organizations to provide input and insight into existing challenges and promising innovations in patient identity and matching.