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The Role of Health Information Management in Improving the Accuracy and Accessibility of Patient Information Across Different Healthcare Systems
Health information management plays a vital role not only in improving the accuracy and accessibility of patient information across healthcare systems but also across systems and organizations across the nation. As interoperability continues to take hold, health information management leaders help ensure that the information shared through data exchanges and networks is aligned to Master Patient Index (MPI) technologies, which are critical to streamlining and automating patient matching to a very high degree of certainty. When coupled with a record locator service (RLS), accessing patient information across different healthcare systems becomes much easier and contributes to a future in which essential patient information is accurate, secure, and accessible to providers anywhere a patient seeks care.
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A critical role of HIM professionals is managing the accuracy and accessibility of patient data across multiple systems, which begins with accurate patient identification. To ensure data integrity, HIM teams play a vital role in managing the EMPI (enterprise master patient index), a tool used to link patient records across different care settings within a healthcare system. Accurate patient identification is essential for ensuring that health data follows the patient across the continuum of care, which reduces medical errors, duplicate records, and inefficiencies. Duplicate records are a significant issue that arises from inconsistent or incorrect patient data capture, such as variations in name, date of birth, or other demographics. HIM professionals are responsible for establishing standardized data capture practices and training staff to ensure these standards are maintained.
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