WASHINGTON -- With all the fuss about the many healthcare items included in the omnibus fiscal year 2023 spending bill passed by Congress in December, little notice was taken of one thing that didn't ...

Patient ID Now, a national patient identifier coalition of over 40 healthcare organizations, has called on the federal government to collaborate with the private sector and public health organizations ...

With big changes happening in healthcare – and more and more organizations adopting the Triple Aim approach (improving the patient experience, improving the health of populations, and reducing the ...

The idea of unique patient identifiers (UPIs) could very well be reality in the not-so-distant future. Despite the current standstill at the federal level, other efforts to implement UPIs are very ...

Editor’s Note: Thomas Grove is a Principal of Consulting and Compliance Services at Phoenix Health Systems, a division of Medsphere Systems. As a healthcare management executive with 20+ years of ...

The American Hospital Association and other industry groups have highlighted the benefits of unique patient identifiers to facilitate data exchange and help providers match transmitted information to ...

HHS has been banned from using a patient identifier but several organizations, including national payers, providers, and prescription drug networks, want this reversed. Probabilistic matching or a ...

When thinking of evolving healthcare technology, a simple printer sitting in the background may not come to mind. But without ...

Developing an enhanced patient identification strategy, such as a National Patient Identifier (NPI), across separate data sources can boost patient safety and limit adverse drug-to-drug interactions, ...

Your medical records probably bear different numbers — one for your primary care physician and his or her medical group, one for each hospital you’ve been treated in, different ones for different ...