Features of Sun Master Patient Index

The components of Sun Master Patient Index are highly configurable, allowing the application to be customized for your specific data processing needs. Primary features ofSun Master Patient Index include the following:

• Centralized Information – Sun Master Patient Index maintains a centralized database, enabling the integration of data records throughout the enterprise while allowing local systems to continue operating independently. The index stores copies of local system records and the single best record (SBR), which represents the most accurate and complete data for each patient. This database is the central location of all patient information and identifiers, and it is accessible throughout the enterprise. Records from various systems are cross-referenced using the EUID assigned by Sun Master Patient Index to each patient profile.

• Configurability – Before deploying Sun Master Patient Index, you can customize the components and processing capabilities of the system. The configurable components include:

  • The types of objects to index

  • The types of data stored in Sun Master Patient Index

  • The standardization and match engines to use

  • Matching, standardization, and phonetic conversion rules

  • Survivorship and weighting rules for determining the SBR

  • The types of queries available

  • How queries are blocked, or grouped, for match processing

  • Patient EDM appearance

  • Searches available to the Patient EDM

  • Local ID validation rules

  Cross-referencing – Sun Master Patient Index is a global cross-referencing application, matching profiles across disparate source systems and simplifying the process of sharing data between systems. Sun Master Patient Index uses the local identifiers assigned by your existing systems as a reference, allowing you to maintain your current systems and practices.

• Data Cleansing – Sun Master Patient Index uses configurable matching algorithm logic to uniquely identify patient profiles and to identify duplicate and potential duplicate profiles. Sun Master Patient Index provides the ability to easily merge or resolve duplicates, and can be configured to automatically match profiles that are found to be duplicates of one another.

• Data Updates – Sun Master Patient Index provides the ability to add, update, deactivate, merge, and delete data in the database tables through messages received from external systems or the Patient EDM. Messages received from external systems and the Patient EDM are checked for potential duplicates during processing.

• Updates to External Systems – The Sun Enterprise Service Bus provides the master index application with the ability to publish updated information to external systems, provided the external systems can accept incoming messages. This is handled through a JMS Topic to which the master index application publishes XML messages that contain the updates.

• Identification – Sun Master Patient Index employs configurable probabilistic matching technology. This technology uses a matching algorithm to formulate an effective statistical measure of how closely profiles match. Using a state-of-the-art algorithm in real-time mode and establishing a common method of locating patientprofiles, Sun Master Patient Index consistently and precisely identifies objects within an enterprise.

• Integration – Relying on the Sun Enterprise Service Bus, Sun Master Patient Index provides the power and flexibility to identify, route, and transform data to and from any system or application throughout your business enterprise. It can accept incoming transactions and distribute updates to any external system, providing seamless integration with the systems in your enterprise.

• Matching Algorithm – Sun Master Patient Index is designed to use the Sun Match Engine or a custom matching algorithm to provide a matching probability weight between patient profiles. The Sun Match Engine provides the flexibility to create user-defined matching thresholds, which control how potential duplicates and automatic merges are determined.

• Unique Identifier – Sun Master Patient Index assigns an enterprise-wide unique identifier (EUID) to each object added to the database. The index uses the EUID to cross-reference the local IDs assigned to each patient by the various computer systems throughout the enterprise.