SEE ALTERNATE MRN: Duplicate charts in hospitalized patients

Affiliations

¹ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
³ UCHealth, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁴ University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

Hillary L Western et al. J Hosp Med. 2024 Sep.

. 2024 Sep;19(9):852-854.

doi: 10.1002/jhm.13304. Epub 2024 Feb 24.

¹ University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
² Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
³ UCHealth, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁴ University of Colorado Internal Medicine Residency Program, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁵ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA.

No abstract available

References

1. Harris S, Houser SH. Double trouble—using health informatics to tackle duplicate medical record issues. J AHIMA. 2018;89(8):20‐23.
1. McCoy AB, Wright A, Kahn MG, Shapiro JS, Bernstam EV, Sittig DF. Matching identifiers in electronic health records: implications for duplicate records and patient safety. BMJ Qual Safe. 2013;22(3):219‐224. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001419
1. Riplinger L, Piera‐Jiménez J, Dooling JP. Patient identification techniques—approaches, implications, and findings. Yearb Med Inform. 2020;29(1):81‐86.
1. Just BH, Marc D, Munns M, Sandefer R. Why patient matching is a challenge: research on master patient index (MPI) data discrepancies in key identifying fields. Perspect Health Inf Manag. 2016;13:1e.
1. McClellan MA. Duplicate medical records: a survey of twin cities healthcare organizations. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2009;2009:421‐425.