On Dec 28, 2005, at 5:35 PM, chuck5566 wrote:
Kevin,
Apologies if I mentioned this before, but have you looked over the
docs for VistA's Master Patient Index (MPI)?
(http://www.va.gov/vdl/Infrastructure.asp?appID=16)
The MPI is similar to what it looks like you are trying to
accomplish - it might you give ideas/insight. I believe the MPI
deals only with patient demographics, but it does synchronization
of databases and does use it's own patient identifier, they call an
ICN. A new patient is given a local ICN, used until the site
updates the MPI when the site is given a national ICN for the
patient(s).
Any VistA adopter might want to consider this. If you only have on
system, the MPI will still work for you. But if you aren't using the
MPI and then decide to bring up additional systems (say, at different
clinics) then you'll have a MAJOR headache on your hands.
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