Data integrity solutions from Harris Healthcare, RightPatient Partnership bridges the gap in efficient, accurate and secure patient identification

Harris Healthcare’s Data Integrity Solution business unit – which also includes powerhouses for patient data integrity Just Associates, Inc., and QuadraMed Corporation – have entered into a strategic partnership with Right patient integrate biometric patient identification into its existing suite of Master Patient Index (MPI) management solutions.

This provides important protection against front-end contamination of the MPI and EMPI and helps eliminate patient misidentification and safety issues caused by “dirty” patient identification data. This is especially important now as spikes in remote patient enrollment due to COVID-19 have resulted in a sharp increase in duplicate patient records.

“RightPatient’s biometric protection perfectly complements our existing suite of patient data integrity solutions by protecting against the creation of new duplicate and overlaid patient records at registration time while we focus on creating and maintaining a pristine MPI / EMPI environment and focus on the support of a quick and accurate support. Patient Identification, ”said Lora Hefton, executive vice president of the Harris Data Integrity Solution (DIS) business unit. “This partnership improves our ability to resolve critical health information problems by reducing the volume of potential duplicate medical records while protecting patient data and minimizing the ongoing costs of maintaining high quality patient data.”

Mohu Sultana, CEO of RightPatient, added: “We live in very uncertain times. Heightened cybersecurity threats put hospitals at risk of losing millions of dollars to medical identities theft. The long-term effects of COVID-19 are also a critical factor in properly treating patients later on – hospitals need to know who can ensure the right treatment plans. Reliable patient identification is more important than ever. Our partnership with Harris demonstrates the commitment of both organizations to protecting the entire community from financial loss while maintaining patient safety. “

RightPatient provides the healthcare industry with the most accurate, scalable, hygienic and versatile HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based photobiometric patient identification service that also publishes patient photos in patient records, wristbands and other applications to improve patient safety.

With easy implementation and seamless integration with any electronic health record system (EHR) – including the SmartID platform from QuadraMed – RightPatient Solutions Reduce Rejected Claims, Reduce Medical Errors Due to Misidentification, and Prevent Duplicate Medical Records. They also ensure accurate patient identification at any point on the continuum of care while protecting medical records from unauthorized access, ransomware attacks, and other data breaches.

From data analysis to cleanup, Business partners only performs the critical tasks required by hospitals and healthcare systems to achieve and maintain a high-precision, high-quality MPI. Its state-of-the-art suite of identity management solutions and services includes continuous duplicate detection IDentry – which has HIM workflow and dashboard tools and identifies more real duplicates than systems based on basic and intermediate patient matching algorithms – as well IDManage for ongoing MPI management and IDResolve for tailor-made MPI cleaning services.

QuadraMed brings together the expertise, systems knowledge, and technology that enable the provision of tailored, value-added solutions that improve the financial results and business processes of healthcare organizations while helping to deliver high quality patient care. Their flagship SmartID platform is a HIPAA-compliant EMPI management platform that diagnoses, treats and cures errors and provides real-time duplicate and overlay detection and robust company-wide patient search based on a probabilistic algorithm with an accuracy of up to 99% in patient match provides records.

To learn more about RightPatient’s integration with Harris DIS MPI / EMPI patient matching and data integrity management solutions, visit Just Associates’ virtual booth during the Virtual conference AHIMA21which takes place until September 22, 2021.

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