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A Brief Update on the Voluntary Universal Healthcare ID System
• Barry R. Hieb, MD• Chief Scientist, Global Patient Identifiers Inc.
• OHT, June 29, 2010• \OHY\VUHIDdemo6-29-10
VUHID Mission Statement
The goal of the Voluntary Universal Healthcare Identification (VUHID) project is to make unique healthcare identifiers available to individual patients who want one to enable:– unambiguous patient identification – error-free linkage of clinical information – enhance the privacy of patient information – improve the quality of medical care – reduce the rate of medical errors – decrease the incidence of healthcare-related identity theft – help control healthcare costs
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VUHID Identifier Syntax
Prefix DelimiterCheckdigits
Privacyclass
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0000008562837139.749174221800000Identifier syntax
Open identifier 0000003693664829.210573900000000
Private identifier 0000005637623757.077328571370000
Note: Private identifiers are anonymous
Compact display 3693664829.21057390
One Possible VUHID Card Configuration
Issued when the patient obtains their VUHID identifier
Stays permanently with the patient
Identifier is printed on the card
Has at least one machine-readable representation
–Bar code–Magnetic stripe–Smart card–RFID? (privacy concerns)
Photo/biometric may be included
John Q Public
18563823043.271457280Open Identifier
Medical HIE logo here
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Issuing Institution’s Logo here
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VUHID System Architecture
VUHID
Seven Supported Transactions
Give me an open identifier (EMPI to VUHID)
Give me a private identifier of privacy class X
Tell me the status of an identifier
Retire an identifier
Request to terminate an identifier
Give me the locations of data associated with this identifier
Identifier termination notice (outbound from VUHID)
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Contact Information
www.gpii.info
Barry Hieb, MD, Chief Scientist, GPII
520-320-6220
Elizabeth (Liddy) West, CPHIMS, Chief Marketing Officer, GPII
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Thank you!
