We’ve all chuckled about the recent commercial that the advertising geniuses have come up with for Staples, the office supply giant. You know the "Dave?", "David?", "Hi Dave", "Mr. Dave" commercial. Well there’s a kernel of truth behind this humorous exchange, and not only within large organizations. Many health information exchanges these days are facing the same challenge—they’re having a hard time finding who, exactly, this Dave person is.
Audacious Inquiry (Ai) has announced new plans to leverage its expertise implementing IBM’s Initiate Enterprise Master Person Index (EMPI) as an official IBM Business Partner after completing a rigorous business partner and subject matter expert certification process. IBM Initiate Patient accurately matches and links patient identities to create a single view for use by EMRs, clinical portals, administrative applications and analytics.