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An overlay occurs when one patient's record is overwritten with data from another patient's record, creating a combined, inaccurate record.
- What is the difference between overlap and overlay healthcare?
- How do you prevent overlay records?
- Which prevention system is the recommended solution for duplicates overlays and overlaps?
- What is patient matching?
What is the difference between overlap and overlay healthcare?
Overlay is where a patient is erroneously assigned another person health record number. Overlap is when a patient have more than one health record number at different locations in an enterprise.
How do you prevent overlay records?
Training the staff on policies and procedures of creating or updating a patient's record, especially when the patient is in-house, goes a long way toward limiting mistakes. One effective method for preventing overlays is to require legal proof before updating a patient's key demographics, e.g. name or date of birth.
Which prevention system is the recommended solution for duplicates overlays and overlaps?
RightPatient prevents duplicate medical records and more
For years, RightPatient, with its touchless biometric patient identification platform, has been preventing medical record errors such as duplicates and overlays.
What is patient matching?
Patient matching is defined as the identification and linking of one patient's data within and across health systems in order to obtain a comprehensive view of that patient's health care record.
