Hi Andrew and Bounmy, In some countries and implementations they are talking of a single unique identifier for life. It will be interesting to find out how Jamaica is handling this. Here is Zimbabwe there has been talk of a single unique identifier for life but I do not see it happening any time soon.
A few articles from the net (Mainly US related): http://www.cardiosource.org/Advocacy/Issues/Health-Information-Technology/ACC-Policies-and-Activities/Unique-Patient-Identifier-Principles.aspx http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204124204577154661814932978 http://www.poweryourpractice.com/revenue-cycle-management/patient-identifier-best-practices/ http://ncvhs.hhs.gov/app3.htm Best and Regards Ronald Munjoma On 23 September 2014 17:15, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies on this important issue. > > I think that GNU Health > should, by default, create a temporary patient number e.g. - "TPN-00001" - > if > an actual patient number is not entered in the PUID field. > > It should then be > possible to over-ride this temporary number when the correct patient ID > number > is known. > > Regards > > Andrew > > -- Best and Regards Ronald Munjoma +263 775 625 283, +263 776 444 309
