title: Implementing the enterprise master patient index.
abstract: In implementing a cross-facility initiative, the importance of planning and understanding the implications for all facilities can't be overlooked. Here's how one integrated delivery network navigated the challenges of implementing a cross-facility enterprise master patient index.
authors: Partners HealthCare System, Inc., USA.
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authors: Adragna
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008404:Massachusetts; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D016730:Program Development; D018511:Systems Integration