Title :
The Identification Service in Health Information Exchange
Author :
Wang Lijun ; Cai Jianchao
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Network Sci. & Cyberspace, Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Regional health information exchange (HIE) is becoming the focus of health information technology in China. According to Chinese administration properties and specific requirements, the HIE adopts a centralized architecture, in which the clinical documents are stored and exchanged in a centralized platform. To integrate all the clinical information of a patient, it is critical to identify the patient in the HIE domain uniquely. In this paper, an identification service based on IHE PIX profile is designed and implemented. We selected the resident ID card number as the Master Patient Identifier (MPI) to setup cross-reference and designed a match algorithm for clinical documents from various healthcare institutions. Our design provides a viable solution for the regional HIE platform in China.
Keywords :
electronic health records; health care; China; HIE; IHE PIX profile; centralized architecture; clinical document; health information technology; healthcare institution; identification service; master patient identifier; patient identifier crossreference; regional health information exchange; resident ID card number; Business; Computer architecture; Engines; Information exchange; Medical treatment; Health Information Exchange (HIE); Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE); Master Patient Identifier (MPI); Patient Indentifier Cross-Reference (PIX);
Conference_Titel :
Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), 2013 IEEE 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
DOI :
10.1109/CSE.2013.172
