Assignment:
Enterprise Master Person Identification (EMPI) Policy
Prior to beginning work on this assignment read Health Informatics: an Interprofessional Approach, from the eBook Registries for Evaluating Patient Outcomes: A User's Guide, and the article Will the Real John Smith Please Stand Up?
Prepare a one to two-page patient identity management policy. (Note: the assignment is patient digital records identity management and NOT how to identify a patient). Your policy should be one to two pages and include the following:
- Policy title
- Version No.:
- Effective Date:
- Date Ratified:
- Ratified By:
- Introduction (Rationale for the policy)
- Definition
- Policy
- General Guidelines
Excluding resources used in this course, include a minimum of two references in APA format as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center. Refer to the Health Informatics Journals resource for additional resources available in the Ashford University library.
In your paper,
- Prepare a patient identity management policy using principles of Enterprise Person Identification (EMPI) that appropriately outlines methods to identify like records in informatics technology applications
- Address the required elements of the policy in your paper including: policy title, version number, effective date, ratified date, ratified by, introduction/rationale, definition, policy, and general guidelines.
- Explain how the organization achieves the appropriate identification of patient records given the complexities of persons with similar demographic information
Enterprise Master Person Identification (EMPI) Policy paper
Must be one to two double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center's APA Style.