It starts at the first entry point as data is gathered about the patient. If it’s not right at the start, the downstream impact can be catastrophic – wrong patient, wrong medication, wrong clinical decision-making. Join a national and state panel of health information professionals and learn about initiatives that address the fundamentals and interdependencies of ensuring that patient identification is accurate at the beginning and a necessity for achieving interoperability within the healthcare exchange ecosystem.  
Panelists will discuss:

• Principles of a Clean MPI
  • CHIA Toolkit for Enterprise Master Person/Patient Index 
• Patient ID Now Coalition (who they are)
  • Patient ID Now Coalition Survey; Pain Points (AHIMA)
• Interoperability – the next step – organization to organization
  • Cures Act/Health Information Exchange
  • EHI Definition and USCDI – Implications for Exchange and Markers for Identification and TEFCA
  • Privacy & Security Implications