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Sometimes patients are admitted under a stolen identity, and occasionally this is noticed and affects the patient's chart.  
Sometimes patients are admitted under a stolen identity (identity theft), and occasionally this is noticed and affects the patient's chart.  


== Collection Instructions ==
== Collection Instructions ==
* Put the real [[name]] if available with the real [[DOB]], real [[Chart number] and [[Chart number]] in the Database entries and put the stolen ID in the alias spots. 
* If you had already entered the "stolen" info, change to the new, correct info if known, or follow the instructions at [[John or Jane Doe patient]] if not known.
* If other admissions were recent and part of our database, contact the collector or main office to sort this out as an alias for previous admissions. Also let Pagasa know if the wrong name was initially used in the profile.
* Put any information that might be required for us to make sense of this data in the future into [[Alias ID collection]]; if everything is resolved when you are done with the record you may not need to fill anything in here. If it is changed to an Unknown, Unknown or Jane/John Doe chart, add the name and MRN that were falsely used under [[Alias ID collection]]
* The hard part is confirming the stolen identity and being able to determine the real identity. --[[User:LKolesar|LKolesar]] 13:01, 2017 May 4 (CDT)
* Also let Pagasa know if the wrong name was initially used in the profile in case she runs into any problems with consistency checks
*If medical records is unable to find out who the actual admitted person is, they will assign an Unknown, Unknown identity and a unique MRN for that stay. Change the record name, MRN, and birthdate to match those assigned details from medical records.


== Related articles ==
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[[Category: Identification numbers]]
[[Category: Identification numbers]]

Latest revision as of 06:48, 2021 March 25

Sometimes patients are admitted under a stolen identity (identity theft), and occasionally this is noticed and affects the patient's chart.

Collection Instructions

  • If you had already entered the "stolen" info, change to the new, correct info if known, or follow the instructions at John or Jane Doe patient if not known.
  • Put any information that might be required for us to make sense of this data in the future into Alias ID collection; if everything is resolved when you are done with the record you may not need to fill anything in here. If it is changed to an Unknown, Unknown or Jane/John Doe chart, add the name and MRN that were falsely used under Alias ID collection
  • Also let Pagasa know if the wrong name was initially used in the profile in case she runs into any problems with consistency checks
  • If medical records is unable to find out who the actual admitted person is, they will assign an Unknown, Unknown identity and a unique MRN for that stay. Change the record name, MRN, and birthdate to match those assigned details from medical records.

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