Question | Answer |
MASTER PATIENT INDEX (MPI) | A database created and maintained by healthcare facility to record the name and identification number of every patient who has ever been admitted or treated in the facility |
The health record number | -Key data element in the MPI -assigned during patient registration -identifies patient and patient's record - unique personal identifier to locate records |
Identification System for Paper-based Health Record | -Serial numbering system -Unit numbering system -Serial-unit Numbering system -Alphabetic identif.and filing system |
Unit numbering system | Health record number assigned at the first encounter and used for all subsequent encounters |
MPI | The primary guide to locating a record in numerical filing system |
Patient registration | assigns health record number |
Health record number | is used to locate an electronic health record |
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