Read and review the textbook Sayles, Ch 6, the resources provided in this module, and research online about the topic of duplicate health record assignments before completing the case study questions. Justify your answers to the questions below in paragraph format using MS Word. List references used for answers in APALinks to an external site. format.
Scenario
The ad hoc report shown in Table 1-1 Master Patient Index (MPI) Discrepancy Report, is a reporting function of the MPI system. This system function applies weights for the probability, on a scale from 1 to 15, that the two patient encounters in each case are likely to pertain to the same patient or not. The policy of the hospital is to retain the survivorship record meaning the original health record number when correcting duplicate number assignments on the same patient.
For each pair of patients listed in Table 1-1 provided, which health record number should be retained based on the hospital policy?
Which numbers from Table 1.1 listed do you think will require further documentation review to determine whether the patients are the same or not?
What strategies would you use to validate the “matches” that were determined using record documentation or data elements from the patient record?
What should be the policy for determining the cut off weighted probability number between 1-15 for two entries to be combined into one patient’s number?
What strategies could be used to help prevent duplicate health record number assignment
Table1.1 MPI Discrepancy Report
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