I can see how just using the last 4 digits of a social along with initials could result in dups. It might be far-fetched, but suppose that mine is JC1234 (111-22-1234). There could be a Julie Carson who just happened to have a social with the same last 4 digits (and different beginning ones 222-11-1234) who worked at my hospital. Or. . . are there enough numbers in the SS# system that the last 4 digits are NEVER duplicated?
In the local grocery store one day, I ran into a woman who had the SS# immediately preceding mine. My (then-) husband asked, "Did she look familiar?" Julia. . . injecting a little levity into our surroundings via the L. . . :-) Julia Carter, CPAR Consultant Consultant People 396 W Main Street Lewisville, TX 75057-3866 * 469.948.4000 Ext 308 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] e http://www.cpeople.org <http://www.cpeople.org/> ________________________________ From: meditech-l@MTUsers.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lovelace, Chuck Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:54 AM To: Renae Kendall/mhhcc.org; meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: RE: [MEDITECH-L] Setting up mnemonics If you want something that will never change use the first and middle initial (or N if no middle initial) and the last 4 numbers of the social security number or the employee number if you have one. This way there should never be a duplicate. Chuck Lovelace, RN, Clinical Analyst Door County Memorial Hospital Information Systems 323 South 18th Avenue Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 Office 920-746-3608 Fax 920-743-6204 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________ From: Renae Kendall/mhhcc.org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:04 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Setting up mnemonics We are a new MEDITECH site and are having the discussion on how to set up mnemonics. How have other hospitals done it? We want to assign one mnemonic that does not change irregardless of name change, marriage or divorce. We basically do not want inactive users in the database. Any thoughts or lessons learned. We would like to just to first initial and last name, but know that with divorces that could get sticky if we do not change the mnemonic for sign on. Thanks, Renae Renae Kendall, RN Clinical Systems Supervisor Information Systems Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center Jasper, IN 812.481.0152 Fax 812.482.0541
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