HCGH is part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, an organization that includes three (3) hospitals, home care, physician practices, and other healthcare related entities. Currently, each entity within Johns Hopkins Medicine has very distinctively different IT environments and vendors/solutions represented and deployed.
One of the current enterprise-wide IT initiatives is the establishment of a Single Patient Identifier (SPI) that could either replace each individual entity's current medical record number or be in addition to. In either case, the SPI would be similar in concept to an enterprise master patient index (EMPI) number, which would assist in identifying common patients across the enterprise. The EMPI solution would need to be able to integrate with disparate patient registration and scheduling systems, to allow for patient searches and selections. If any other healthcare provider organizations have implemented a similar concept to the SPI, where disparate vendors/systems had to interface with it, I would be interested in hearing from you - particularly, if MEDITECH was in the mix. I thank you in advance for your consideration and responses. Rick Edwards Senior Director - CIO Howard County General Hospital 5755 Cedar Lane Columbia, MD 21044 (410) 740-7230 (410) 740-7565 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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