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Joseph B Hewitt1, Michele O'Connor
1Madison Information Technologies, Inc., USA.
Abstract:
A complete understanding of current and past medical conditions is essential to maintaining quality patient care, and it is care quality that suffers when the medical record in incomplete. Enterprise master patient indexes (EMPIs) can serve as critical tools in improving operations, protecting medical record integrity, and improving patient service. This article reveals how EMPIs are linking crucial patient information.
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