Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: a case study of a national master patient index in production since five years
Abstract Background Unequivocal identification of patients is a precondition for a safe medical journey through different information systems (ISs) and software applications that are communicating and exchanging interoperable data. A master patient index (MPI) can facilitate this task. Being a repository of patient identity traits, a MPI allows an accurate surveillance of the patients’ “medical identities”. Up to 2014, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg did not possess a MPI. Here, we describe our experience in the establishment of a national MPI for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Methods The diffe... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making ; volume 20, issue 1 ; ISSN 1472-6947 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Schlagwörter: | Health Informatics / Health Policy / Computer Science Applications |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27129999 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-01178-y |