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Master Patient Index Workshop
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> ANNOUNCING
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> Workshops on Components of Computer-based Patient Records
>
> The First Workshop on the Master Patient Index
>
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
> May 20-22, 1996
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> http://www.acl.lanl.gov/cpr
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>Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is teaming up with the Computer-based
>Patient Record Institute (CPRI), Healthcare Open Systems Trials (HOST),
>Herman Hospital in Houston TX, The University of Texas Health Science Center
>at Houston, The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of the US
>Department of Health and Human Services, The Healthcare Task Force
>(CORBAmed) of the Object Management Group (OMG) and others to organize a
>series of workshops aimed at designing and developing functioning building
>blocks for computer-based patient records (CPRs) as envisioned by the
>Institute of Medicine (IOM) patient record committee. The first series of
>workshops will be devoted to developing a non-proprietary master patient
>index (MPI), accessible through the World Wide Web, and capable of scaling
>up to a national level.
>
>Quality health care depends on continuity of care. Never before have American
>health care providers been able to access their patients' medical history,
>record of medications, diagnostic study results, or conformance with treatment
>protocols with complete assurance that they have all the information on their
>specific patient. Furthermore, as the health care system shifts away from
>encounter-based care to covered lives, it becomes imperative that utilization
>be closely managed so information already in the system is catalogued to
>reduce costly duplication of effort or wasted resources. Patients must be
>tracked across multiple entities to ensure adherence to managed care
>contracts. It has been noted that information management is no longer a
>records management issue but a risk management issue.
>
>Historically, a health care provider created a master patient index with a
>limited set of demographic data that, given a patient's name, address, birth
>date, and possibly mother's maiden name, produced a possible match with a
>patient's medical record number. As these systems became large and more
>sophisticated, a probability of a match being correct was provided, but
>still left the final determination as to the accuracy of the match to the
>provider who ultimately reviewed the medical record. These master patient
>indexes were both proprietary and application-specific. There were no common
>content standards, even for reporting names or dates. Certainly no common
>unique identification number was used. When multiple sites within the
>organization began issuing medical records and especially when organizations
>merged with different MPI systems, it was nearly an impossible task to merge
>MPIs. Solutions basically centered around extending the registration system,
>but this soon becomes problematic with large, multi-facility systems.
>
>A non-proprietary, standard MPI application which contains identifying
>information to uniquely identify a patient and point to where all portions
>of the patient's records are located would facilitate the process of
>accessing information across the continuum of care. The MPI would act as an
>umbrella that links registration systems. An indexing system in the master
>file would provide pointers to records in various applications. The pointers
>would provide access paths, and security measures, to records from disperate
>health care organizations. While there currently are proprietary systems
>that offer solutions within an enterprise, these lack the scalability for a
>community, regional, or national system and still are not based on content
>standards.
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>The first workshop in the MPI series will cover:
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> * An overview of current MPI issues.
> * Presentations on current enterprise-wide MPI solutions.
> * Break-out sessions using an object-oriented approach to analyzing the
> MPI problem domain
> * Consensus-building to identify:
> o MPI content
> o Use case scenarios
> o General requirements
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>Subsequent workshops in the MPI series will help produce:
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> * Implementation-oriented analysis and design documents for the MPI.
> * A functioning MPI system for distributed patient records.
> * HL-7 gateway to the MPI to help automate populating the MPI with data.
> * HL-7 gateway from the MPI to the HL7 SIGOBT OLE systems for
> demonstrations.
>
>While solving the MPI problem is not a final solution, it is an essential
>step toward sharing information which is key to achieving continuity of
>care. Much like HTML opened the Internet to world wide users, the MPI is a
>foundation block for the CPR which is the primary source of information
>about an individual's lifetime health status and health care.
>
>The MPI workshops are explicitly not focused on extensive modeling.
>Instead, we plan to take a rapid prototyping approach that will
>eventually produce a functioning, scalable MPI to be distributed widely and
>to be integrated or interfaced with existing regional or proprietary
>systems.
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>The organizing committee invites expression of interest.
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>Organizing Committee:
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>Margret Amatayakul, Computer-based Patient Record Institute
>Tim Brinson, Protocol Systems
>Don Detmer, University of Virginia
>David Forslund, Los Alamos National Laboratory
>Donna Ganzer, Ganzer Network Corporation
>Ann Hayes, Los Alamos National Laboratory
>Lewis Lorton, Healthcare Open Systems and Trials
>David Kilman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
>Robert Mayes, Health Care Financing Administration
>David Morgan, Motorola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Robert Shank, West Virginia University
>John Silva, United States Air Force
>Frank Stafford, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
>Peter Waegemann, Medical Records Institute
>William Weems, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
>Sandra Zink, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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> Registration Information
>
>A Reception, with a no-host bar, and Registration will be held on Sunday,
>May 19, 1996, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. The first session will begin on Monday,
>May 20 at 8:00 AM, and the final session is scheduled to end on Wednesday,
>May 22, at noon.
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>Technical information may be obtained by contacting David Kilman
>505-667-2350 or (Email: kilmand@lanl.gov). Fran L Talley, Workshop
>Coordinator can be contacted at 505-667-5225 (Email: flt@lanl.gov).
>
>REGISTER EARLY!
>
>Space is limited, but it's still not too late! In order to establish your
>registration please complete the accompanying form and return it to Fran
>Talley no later than May 14, 1996.
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>ACCOMMODATIONS
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>The Eldorado Hotel is still accepting reservations on a space available
>basis. To secure accommodations at the prevailing per diem rate, contact
>the hotel directly and refer to the Master Patient Index Workshop meeting.
>(The federal per diem rate varies near $99 single or $109 double, deluxe
>rooms range from $209 to $279, a 10.25% tax applies to all rooms).
>Reservations were to be made by April 4, 1996, to ensure these MPI Workshop
>rates. However, these rates may still be available if you register soon.
>
> Eldorado Hotel
> 309 W. San Fransciso St
> Santa Fe, New Mexico 86501
> 800-955-4455 (Reservations) / 505-988-4455
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>PARKING
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>Valet parking is available at the Eldorado at the rate of $7 per 24 hour
>period.
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>HOSPITALITY
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>Light refreshments will be served during morning and afternoon breaks. A
>special dinner is planned for Monday, May 20 at 6:00 PM. Details will be
>provided at a later date.
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>TRANSPORTATION
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>Rental cars are available at the Albuquerque International Airport. Santa Fe
>is approximately 1 1/4 hours drive from Albuquerque. Contact Fran L Talley
>at the number listed above if a map is needed. Shuttlejack bus
>transportation is also available from the airport directly to the hotel at a
>cost of $20 each way. Contact Shuttlejack directly at 800-452-2665 (outside
>of New Mexico) or 505-243-3244 to arrange transportation.
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>SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
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>Every effort will be made to accomodate special needs of disabled
>particpants or those with dietary restrictions. If assistance is required,
>please contact Fran L Talley.
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>WEATHER AND DRESS
>
>Casual dress is appropriate for this workshop. In May days are usually sunny
>and warm and evenings are cool with daily temperatures running from a high
>of 69F/21C to a low of 43F/6C. A jacket or sweater is recommended.
>
>NOTE TO FEDERALLY FUNDED ATTENDEES:
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>$7.00 of your registration fee may be used for federally unallowable cost,
>such as: entertainment or alcoholic beverages. Please provide separate funds
>for this portion of your fee, otherwise your registration fee payment will
>be deemed to be unrestricted.
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> REGISTRATION FORM
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> Master Patient Index Workshop
>
> Eldorado Hotel
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
> May 20-22, 1996
>
> Name: ___________________________________________________________
> Title: ___________________________________________________________
> Organization: ___________________________________________________________
>Street Address: ___________________________________________________________
>City/State/Zip: ___________________________________________________________
> Phone: __________________________ FAX: ___________________________
> Email: ___________________________________________________________
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>Registration Fees:
> $ 90 (before May 14)
> 120 (after May 14)
> 30 Additional guest dinner ticket
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>$_______ TOTAL
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>Make checks payable to : Master Patient Index Workshop
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>Credit Card Information: Mastercard _______ Visa ______
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>Signature (Credit Card Orders) ____________________________________________
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>I plan to attend the following:
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>________ Reception (May 19)
>________ Sessions (May 20)
>________ Dinner (May 20)
>________ Sessions (May 21)
>________ Sessions (May 22)
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>I would like to present a proposed model for a Master Patient Index system:
>________ Yes
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>E-Mail or Fax registration to:
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> Fran L Talley
> (505)667-5225 (phone)
> (505)667-7530 (FAX)
> flt@lanl.gov (e-mail)
> PA-4, MS P366
> Los Alamos National Laboratory
> Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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>
Lewis Lorton, Executive Director
Healthcare Open Systems and Trials