SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SUPPORT PATIENT IDENTIFIER FOR IMAGING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM IN HEALTH CARE ENTERPRISE

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method to identify a patient for imaging and information systems in a health care enterprise. PSOLUTION: The system and method is provided with a means for assigning a patient-identifier-domain (PIDD) to each patient registration service in the health care enterprise, for assigning a default patient-identifier-domain (default PIDD) to each facility, equipment and a user, for assigning a patient-identifier (PID) to the patient, for assigning a global patient-identifier-domain identification (PIDD-ID) to each PIDD and for associating each PIDD with the PIDD-ID and generates a unique patient-identifier by associating the PID with the PIDD-ID. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI