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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced the winners of its Patient Matching Algorithm Challenge, a competition to help solve the problem of misidentifying patients which impedes interoperability, provider efficiency and puts patient safety at risk.
“Many experts across the healthcare system have long identified the ability to match patients efficiently, accurately and to scale as a critical interoperability need for the nation’s growing health IT infrastructure. This challenge was an important step towards better understanding the current landscape,” said Don Rucker, MD, national coordinator for health information technology.