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How to identify same‐name patients to improve safety
Author(s) -
Longridge Ed
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1102
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency
It is important to have warnings in place for patients with the same or similar names in order to improve prescribing safety. Here, the author describes a method for identifying patients with the same name and generating a warning for when their record is accessed.