United Kingdom Patient Solution Template

This topic provides the link to the United Kingdom Patient Solution template. The purpose is introduce you to the template, but not instruct you on how to use the template. For links to instructions on the various tasks when setting up your healthcare solution, see United Kingdom Patient Solution Uses.

To see the United Kingdom Patient Solution template, go to https://open-dm-mi.dev.java.net/docs/solutions/uk-patient.html.

The IdNumType and IdNum fields are sometimes used as HealthID identifiers for United Kingdom healthcare patients. If they are used they can be helpful when creating block-search definitions and matches. The IdNumType and IdNum fields are included as two of the keys for matching information on the main UKPatient node in the template. The seven matching keys for searches are:

• FamilyName

• GivenName

• Gender

• DOB

  DOB is the person's date of birth.

• NI

  NI is the National Insurance number. It is used for state pension and social security claims. Everyone in the United Kingdom has a National Insurance number.

  The National Insurance number must be 9 characters long, and it is broken down as follows:

  • First 2 characters are alpha but the first character cannot be D, F, I, Q, U, or V, and the second character cannot be D, F, I O, Q, U, or V. Also, the 2 characters cannot pair up as GB, NK, TN, or ZZ.

  • Characters 3 through 8 are numeric.

  • Last character can be an A, B, C, D, or a space.

• IdNumType

• IdNum

In the template, only the UKPatient node contains mandatory variables. All the sub-nodes, for example UKAddress and Consent, are optional.

Every effort has been made to make the template specific to the United Kingdom healthcare industry.

See Also

• United Kingdom Patient Solution Using MDM

• Benefits of the United Kingdom Patient Solution

• Creating a Database for the United Kingdom Patient Solution