David Weiner, GM, Imprivata, PatientSecure Products Group: In today’s healthcare landscape, where providers have been urged to embrace digital and leave paper behind, utilizing a positive patient identification system allows providers to rest assured that bills are sent to the correct patient. By accurately matching a patient with the corresponding health record, providers ultimately improve revenue cycle efficiency.
We have found that the most effective way to accurately retrieve a patient’s medical record is by using an identification solution that creates a 1:1 link between patients’ identities and their medical records. Such a solution allows healthcare providers to effectively reduce duplicate medical records and therefore cut the number of patient identification and billing mistakes.
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