United States Patient Solution Template

The United States Patient Solution template is located on your installation media under components\addons\MDM\solutions. You can view information about how this solution is configured at http://java.net/downloads/javacaps-samples/Mural/Solutions/Solutions.html.

As the social security number, SSN, is the major United States identifier of healthcare patients, it is included as one of the keys for block-search definitions and matches on the main USAPatient node in the template. The four matching keys for searches are:

• FirstName

• LastName

• Gender

• SSN

The SSN is comprised of three sections: nine digits (social security number) that are divided by two hyphens using the format of nnn-nn-nnnn. All nine digits are important, although at times after the SSN has been recorded in the system only the last four digits are used for identity purposes when cross-referenced with other key identifiers.

In the template, only the USAPatient node contains mandatory variables. All the sub-nodes, for example Address and Contact, are optional.

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

See Also

• United States Patient Solution Using MDM

• Benefits of the United States Solution

• Creating a Database for the United States Patient Solution