Case $1-4.$ Enterprise MPI $($E$-$MPI$)$

As the assistant health information management $($HIM$)$ director of a growing

health system network that currently includes three hospitals and sixteen

outpatient clinics, you are a member of the Information Systems Committee. You

have been asked to oversee the development of a standardized, system$-$wide

enterprise MPI that will include all patients and their information from all

encounters within the system network.

Level $1$: Research the core elements of a single$-$entity MPI and a multi$-$

facility enterprise MPI through professional journals and develop a list of

references used $($e$.$g$.,$ Journal of AHIMA$).$

Answer: Master patient index is a database that maintains a unique index

or identifier for every patient.

According to the American Health Information Management Association

$($AHIMA$),$ some recommended core data elements for indexing and

researching records include:

SINGLE ENTITY MPI: