Pharmacy, IT, & Me: Your Informatics Pharmacist Podcast

252. Types of Unique Patient Identifiers


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  1. Types of Unique Patient Identifiers
  2. Intended Audience: Newcomers to Pharmacy Informatics

    Last time we talked about the perfect/ideal unique patient identifier. Today, we go over some of the examples of the identifiers that are currently in use:

    • Social Security Number
    • Biometric Identifiers
    • Voluntary Universal Healthcare Identifier
    • Since these still have problems that are discussed in this episode, how do we mitigate the problems when we can't get a perfect identifier? The answer would be in next week's episode of Pharmacy, IT, & Me.

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      Pharmacy, IT, & Me: Your Informatics Pharmacist PodcastBy Tony Dao, PharmD, CPHIMS

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