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

[Luis Falcon]

Hi Andrew !

On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:50:18 +0000 (GMT)
"address@hidden" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thanks Luis
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> I am trying to understand how a clerical person/administrator can 
> understand a patient's ID if they have "several" to choose from.
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> 12345
> 67890
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> 888777666
> 123-987-567
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> These numbers (ID's) don't really mean anything unless 
> we attach an ID "type" to each.

You are right. And that's the way GNU Health works today. In the party
form, each alternative ID has its code along with its type. For instance
(SSN, Passport, residence ID, ... ), so it's easy to identify them.

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> 12345  (National Card ID)
> 67890  (National 
> Health ID)  
> 888777666  (GNU Health System ID)
> 123-987-567  (Private Health 
> Infomation ID = sexual health ID)
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> 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 ???   :-)
> 
Not at all :)

Please let me know if it's clear now or if I'm missing something.

Best,

> Regards
> 
> Andrew
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