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ENTERPRISE MASTER PATIENT INDEX [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A registry of demographic information used to identify individual patients.

CONT

Using a shared EMPI [Enterprise Master Patient Index] streamlines the process of registering patients, and tracking patient movement across a clinic, hospital, region, or province. An EMPI allows for the unique identification of individual patients, and is foundational to the evolution of an electronic health record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Internet et télématique
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Le Répertoire maître des patients d'entreprise procure un seul identificateur par client et se met en correspondance avec plusieurs identificateurs dans divers registres de clients.

OBS

Répertoire maître des patients d'entreprise : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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