Duplicate Search enhancements

Summary

Duplicate Search enhancements

Description

The Duplicate Search functionality is enhanced with improved search algorithms and configurable weights, thresholds, and related settings.

Duplicate Search weights and thresholds are managed in Argus Console > System Management (Common Profile Switches) > Case Processing > Duplicate Search > Smart Search Configuration File.

You can:

• Download the default settings as an Excel file,
• Update the settings in Excel, and
• Upload the revised file back through the UI.

The following enterprise switches are added under Common Profile Switches > Duplicate Search:

• Enable Transposed Date Matching (default Yes): Allows transposed dates to match (e.g., 03-Jan-2026 matches 01-Mar-2026).
• Enable Numerical Scoring for Patient Age (default Yes): Enables fuzzy age matching (e.g., 20 matches 21) for the Patient Age field. For exact age matching on the Patient Age during duplicate search, set this switch to No.