Name:
Patient Identification Management
Description:
This is how various Health IT systems within Ireland obtain a patient’s unique Individual Health Identifier (IHI) number and key identifying patient demographic data via a health information standards-based query. This IHI number isused for unique identification of a patient and its health records when sharing information nation-wide and abroad.It also supports a cross-referencing service between multiple locally generated local patient Ids and associated demographics and the IHI number and its associated demographics.
Status:
Trial Implementation