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Best Practices for VXQ

PHC-Hub uses three tiers to gauge the usefulness of a value in making an exact patient match.

Tier 1

PHC-Hub always first attempts to identify a patient using values sent in QRD-8.1. The values submitted in this field can be used to uniquely identify a patient independently of other submitted values. It is recommended to use these values to identify a patient if they are available.

Typical values used in QRD-8.1 are:

Example HL7 General Settings

QRD-8.1, 8-13

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

8

60

XCN

R

Y

 

00032

Who Subject Filter

Source: Table 2.24.4: Original - Style Query Definition Segment, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-112.

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

1

 

ST

R

 

 

 

ID Number

13

 

IS

R

 

 

 

Identifier Type Code

Source: Table 2.8.49: XCN - Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-112.

Example:

QRD||||||||123456789^^^^^^^^^^^^MR

Tier 2

If the Tier 1 values are insufficient to determine a match, PHC-Hub uses Tier 2 values to try to determine a match.

Location Name Comments

QRD-8.2

Patient Last Name

Required

QRD-8.3

Patient First Name

Required

QRF-5.2

Patient's Date Of Birth

Required

QRF-5.6.2

Patient Mother's First Name

Not Required. Searches for Guardian First Name using Mother's First Name.

QRF-5.7

Patient Mother's Maiden Name

Not Required

QRD-8.2, 8-3

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

8

60

XCN

R

Y

 

00032

Who Subject Filter

Source: Table 2.24.4: Original - Style Query Definition Segment, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-112.

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

2

 

ST

R

 

 

 

Family Name

3

 

ST

R

 

 

 

Given Name

Source: Table 2.8.49 XCN - Extended Composite ID Number and Name for Persons, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-56.

Example:

QRD||||||||^SMITH^JOHN

QRF-5

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

5

60

See below

R

Y

 

00041

Other QRY Subject Filter

Source: Table 2.24.5: QRF - Original Style Query Filter Segment, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-115.

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

2

8

ST

R

 

 

 

Patient Date of Birth

6

60

PN

O

 

 

 

Patient Mother's Name

7

60

ST

O

 

 

 

Patient Mother's Maiden Name

Source: Table 2.24.5: QRF-5 Local Data Type Definition, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999, pp. 2-115.

SEQ

LEN

DT

OPT

RP/#

TBL#

ITEM#

Element Name

2

60

ST

R

 

 

 

Given Name

Source: Table 2.8.29: PN - Person Name, from the HL7 Version 2.3.1 Final Standard 05/1999,pp. 2-37.

Example:

QRF|||||~20150217~~~~^JANE~BANKS

Tier 3

Should an exact match be made based on Tier 2 values alone, Tier 3 values are not considered. If Tier 2 results in the return of multiple patients, the following values are used to help filter the patients in the attempt to return a singular exact match:

Location Name Comments

QRD-8.4

Patient Middle

 

QRF-5.1

Patient SSN

 

QRF-5.4

Patient Birth File Number

 

QRF-5.5

Patient Medicaid Number

 

QRF-5.7.1

Mother's Maiden Name

This will search for the guardian last name, using the mother's maiden name.

QRF-5.11

Patient Phone

 

QRF-5.12.1

Patient Address

 

QRF-5.12.3

Patient City

 

QRF-5.12.4

Patient State

 

QRF-5.12.5

Patient Zip

 

Example:

QRD||||||||^SMITH^JOHN^MAY
QRF|||||555120000~20150217~~1234456~MA123323~~BANKS^JANE~~~~8005551212~123 Main St^^ANYTOWN^TN^55123