The rationale for incorporation of HIPAA compliant unique patient, surgeon, and hospital identifier fields in the STS database.
Jacobs
Jeffrey P
JP
Haan
Constance K
CK
Edwards
Fred H
FH
Anderson
Richard P
RP
Grover
Frederick L
FL
Mayer
John E
JE
Chitwood
W Randolph
WR
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