Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index Match Engine Reference

• Learning About the OHMPI Match Engine
  • Data Matching Concepts
    • Deterministic and Probabilistic Data Matching
    • Weighting Thresholds
    • Probabilities and Direct Weights
  • Understanding How the OHMPI Match Engine Works
    • OHMPI Match Engine Structure
    • OHMPI Match Engine Configuration Files
    • OHMPI Match Engine Matching Weight Formulation
    • OHMPI Match Engine Data Types
    • The OHMPI Match Engine and the OHMPI Standardization Engine
• Understanding the OHMPI Index Standardization and Matching Process

2 Match Engine Matching Configuration

• Understanding the OHMPI Match Engine Match Configuration File
  • OHMPI Match Engine Match Configuration File Format
    • Match Configuration File Sample
    • Probability Type Section
    • Matching Rules Section
  • OHMPI Match Engine Matching Comparison Functions at a Glance
• Learning About the OHMPI Match Engine Comparitor Definition List

3 OHMPI Match Engine Comparison Functions

• Learning About the OHMPI Match Engine Comparison Functions
  • Bigram Comparators
    • Bigram Comparator (b1)
    • Advanced Bigram Comparator (b2)
  • Uncertainty String Comparators
    • Advanced Jaro String Comparator (u)
    • Winkler-Jaro String Comparator (ua)
    • Condensed String Comparator (us)
    • Advanced Jaro Adjusted for First Names (uf)
    • Advanced Jaro Adjusted for Last Names (ul)
    • Advanced Jaro Adjusted for House Numbers (un)
    • Advanced Jaro AlphaNumeric Comparator (ujs)
    • Unicode String Comparator (usu)
    • Unicode AlphaNumeric Comparator (usus)
  • Exact Character-to-Character Comparator (c)
  • Numeric Comparators
    • Integer Comparator (nl)
    • Real Number Comparator (nR)
  • Condensed AlphaNumeric SSN Comparator (nS)
  • Date Comparators
    • Date Comparator With Years as Units (dY)
    • Date Comparator With Months as Units (dM)
    • Date Comparator With Days as Units (dD)
    • Date Comparator With Hours as Units (dH)
    • Date Comparator With Minutes as Units (dm)
    • Date Comparator With Seconds as Units (ds)
  • Prorated Comparator (p)

4 Creating Custom Comparators for the OHMPI Match Engine

• Learning About Custom Comparator for the OHMPI Match Engine
  • Custom Comparator Overview
  • About the Comparator Package
• Defining Custom Comparators
  • Step 1: Create the Custom Comparator Java Class
    • initialize
    • compareFields
    • setRTParameters
    • stop
  • Step 2: Register the Comparator in the Comparators List
    • To Register the Comparators
  • Step 3: Define Parameter Validations (Optional)
    • To Define Parameter Validations
    • validateComparatorsParameters
  • Step 4: Define Data Source Handling (Optional)
    • To Define Data Source Handling
    • handleComparatorsDataSources
    • DataSourcesProperties Class
  • Step 5: Define Curve Adjustment or Linear Fitting (Optional)
    • To Define Curve Adjustment or Linear Fitting
    • processCurveAdjustment
  • Step 6: Compile and Package the Comparator
  • Step 7: Import the Comparator Package Into Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index
    • To Import a Comparison Function
  • Step 8: Configure the Comparator in the Match Configuration File

5 Match Engine Configuration for Common Data

• Learning About the OHMPI Match String and Match Types
  • The OHMPI Match String
  • OHMPI Match Engine Match String Fields
    • Person Data Match String Fields
    • Address Data Match String Fields
    • Business Name Match String Fields
  • OHMPI Match Engine Match Types
• Configuring the Match String for a Master Person Index Application
  • Configuring the Match String for Person Data
  • Configuring the Match String for Address Data
  • Configuring the Match String for Business Names
• Fine-Tuning Weights and Thresholds for Oracle Healthcare Master Person Index
  • Data Analysis Overview
  • Customizing the Match Configuration and Thresholds
    • Determining the Match Fields
    • Customizing the Match Configuration
    • Determining the Weight Thresholds