What is an Enterprise Master Patient Index by Anticlue

Data Element

Definition

Enterprise identification number

Primary identifier used by the enterprise to identify the patient across facilities (e.g., the enterprise number or corporate number

Facility identifier

Primary identifier used by the enterprise to identify the facility contributing data to the EMPI (e.g., the facility code)

Internal patient identification

Primary identifier used by the facility to identify the patient at admission (e.g., the medical record number)

Person name

Legal name of patient or person, including surname, given name, middle name or initial, name suffixes (e.g., Junior, IV), prefixes (e.g., Father, Doctor)

Date of birth

Patient or person's date of birth. Year, month, and day of birth are entered (e.g., YYYYMMDD). It is essential that the year of birth be recorded as four numbers, not just the last two numbers

Gender

Gender of patient (e.g., male, female, unknown/not stated)

Race

Race of patient. Race is a concept used to differentiate population groups largely on the basis of physical characteristics transmitted by descent. Races currently used by the federal government for statistical purposes are American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut, Asian or Pacific Islander, black, white, other, and unknown/not stated

Ethnicity

Ethnicity of the patient. Ethnicity is a concept used to differentiate population groups on the basis of shared cultural characteristics or geographic origins. Ethnic designations currently used by the federal government for statistical purposes are Hispanic origin, not of Hispanic origin, and unknown

Residence

Address or location of patient’s usual residence. Components include the street address, other designation (e.g., apartment number), city, state or province, zip or postal code, country, type of address (e.g., permanent, mailing)

Alias/previous/maiden name

Any names by which the patient has been known other than the current legal name, including nicknames, maiden name, previous name that was legally changed, etc.

Social Security number

Personal identification number assigned by the US Social Security Administration

Telephone number

Telephone number at which the patient can be contacted. This may be a home or business telephone number or the telephone number of a friend, neighbor, or relative