Empi

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eMPI Enterprise Master Patient Index

A database that contains a unique identifer for every patient in the enterprise.

A master patient index can identify patients accross multiple systems by creating pointers to all identifiers that exist accross multiple systems for a given patient.

For more information check out the NIH site http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10181913


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