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Let’s Talk About a National Patient Identifier

Poor patient matching and identification have been an incessant, vexing issue for healthcare constituents. Despite years of deliberation, no national strategy has emerged to accurately and consistently match individuals to their health data.

Join us at this Healthcare IT Today Virtual Meetup

Wednesday March 11th, 2020 at 1:00pm - 1:45pm ET and hear from our panel of experts as they explore:

• The complexities and pros and cons of universal patient identifiers
• The technological and regulatory requirements and barriers to adoption of a national patient identifier
• How a mandated identifier works (and doesn’t) in other countries
• The value and challenges of a national patient identifier
• What can be done today to improve patient matching and identification

Our amazing panel of experts includes:

• Julie Pursley Dooling - Director, HIM Practice Excellence at AHIMA
• Mark J. Segal - Principal at Digital Health Policy Advisors, LLC
• Dan Cidon, CTO at NextGate - Ben Moscovitch
• Project Director, Health Information Technology at The Pew Charitable Trusts
• John Lynn - Founder and Chief Editor