Question

As the assistant health information management (HIM) director of a growing health system network that currently includes 3 hospitals and 16 outpatient clinics, you are a member on the Information Systems Committee. You have been asked to oversee the development of a standardized, system-wide enterprise MPI that will include all patients and their information from all encounters within the system network.
1. Level 1: Research the recommended core elements of a single-entity MPI and a multi-facility enterprise MPI through professional journals and list references used (e.g., Journal of AHIMA).
2. Level 2: Develop a data dictionary, defining each of the data elements needed.
3. Level 3: Design a data display screen of a multi-facility enterprise MPI screen.

Answer 1

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