ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- LexisNexis® Risk Solutions has joined Patient ID
Now coalition to support accurate patient identification and ensure
that patients are accurately matched to their health information
across care settings and platforms.
Patient ID Now is a coalition of healthcare organizations
representing a wide range of stakeholders committed to advancing
through legislation and regulations a nationwide strategy to
address patient identification. The Patient ID Now coalition seeks
to remove section 510 from the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations
bill, allowing HHS to work with the private sector to develop a
nationwide patient identification strategy – including
adoption of a Unique Patient Identifier – to improve patient
care. The founding members of the Patient ID coalition are the
American College of Surgeons, AHIMA, CHIME, HIMSS, Intermountain
Healthcare, and Premier.
Through LexisNexis® LexID® for Healthcare,
LexisNexis Risk Solutions uses automated matching to assign unique
identifiers to patient records to link together records for the
same patient – allowing healthcare organizations to reduce
duplication of records and increase interoperability among
disparate EHR and other healthcare systems. LexisNexis Risk
Solutions partners with healthcare organizations to cleanse and
match patient records to ensure safe patient care and smooth
workflow, helping combat the industry's interoperability
challenges.
"Patient ID Now has determined that a nationwide patient
identification strategy is critical for the healthcare system at
large to be able to better assure patient safety throughout the
patient's entire care journey," said Erin
Benson, Senior Director, Market Planning, at LexisNexis Risk
Solutions. "We support that mission for the benefit of patients and
providers and offer our expertise and solutions to help solve the
challenge."
A lack of widespread operational principles as well as
limitations in processes – such as human error and demographic
changes – result in inaccurate patient identification. As more
data is generated and shared, duplicate patient records and
mismatches result in multiple challenges for the healthcare
industry. From a safety perspective, patients can receive incorrect
diagnoses, treatments, or prescriptions when their healthcare
information is spread across multiple files, or misfiled in the
wrong record. From a workflow perspective, providers are muddling
their way through often incomplete or incorrect patient records,
leading to compromised decision-making and wasted resources.
Furthermore, data integrity is essential as the healthcare
industry continues to move toward value-based care because it is
foundational to enabling preventive strategies, social determinants
of health applications, and population health management. Sharing
patient information – the right information – across
healthcare organizations serving the patient hinges on having a
correct and complete patient record for each patient, which will
protect patient safety, reduce costs, increase program efficiency,
help prevent fraud, and ensure better patient experience. It also
means that when a patient requests their own record, they will have
more confidence that their healthcare provider is maintaining a
complete view of their medical history.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is proud to be a member of Patient ID
Now coalition and supports its mission to develop a nationwide
strategy to address patient identification. For more information
about Patient ID Now coalition, visit https://patientidnow.org. To
learn more about LexisNexis LexID for Healthcare, visit
https://risk.lexisnexis.com/products/lexid-for-healthcare.
About LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced
analytics to provide insights that help businesses and governmental
entities reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around
the globe. We provide data and technology solutions for a wide
range of industries including insurance, financial services, health
care and government. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, we have offices throughout
the world and are part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), a global
provider of information-based and analytics and decision tools for
professional and business customers across industries. For more
information, please visit www.risk.lexisnexis.com and
www.relx.com.
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