Mental health trusts have their own particular identity challenges that general acute trust MPIs sometimes underweight. Patients move between community…
Category: Master patient index
Deterministic vs Probabilistic Patient Matching: Which Fits Your Network
The deterministic vs probabilistic patient matching question is one of the older debates in health informatics, and the answer in…
5 Patient Matching Tools That Handle NHS Number Edge Cases
NHS number is a stronger identifier than most national patient numbers, but the edge cases around it consume more matching…
Top 6 MPI Engines for Federated GP and Hospital Networks
Federated GP and hospital networks have a more nuanced identity problem than centralised health systems. Each provider in the federation…
Best MPI Solutions for Cross-Border Patient Care in 2026
Cross-border patient care is one of the harder identity problems in healthcare. A patient with a Scottish CHI number, an…
Top 5 MPI Tools for Integrated Care Networks in 2026
Integrated care networks run on identity reconciliation. A patient seen by primary care, community nursing, mental health services, and an…
Master Patient Index for FHIR: A Practical Guide in 2026
A master patient index is the part of a FHIR stack that decides whether two records about the same person…
Terminology Server: What It Solves and Doesn't
Terminology servers solve specific problems in FHIR-based systems. Understanding scope prevents over-investment and under-investment. What they do 1. **`$expand` —…
FHIR Integration, Is This the Healthcare Revolution We’ve Been Waiting For?
Have you ever felt like the healthcare system is stuck in the dark ages, with your medical data scattered like…