Re: [Health-dev] [task #13377] Default configuration and features for GNU Health in distributed environments

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Thanks Luis

I am trying to understand how a clerical person/administrator can 
understand a patient's ID if they have "several" to choose from.

12345
67890

888777666
123-987-567

These numbers (ID's) don't really mean anything unless 
we attach an ID "type" to each.

12345  (National Card ID)
67890  (National 
Health ID)  
888777666  (GNU Health System ID)
123-987-567  (Private Health 
Infomation ID = sexual health ID)

This situation happens a lot in the UK. Our 
patients might have a number of different computer ID's but unless we know 
where they are from (ID type) then how can we link patient clinical information 
from different IT systems together (via HL7 FHIR)?

I hope I am not over 
complicating this problem ???   :-)

Regards

Andrew