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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 [[PHIN]] in the Database entries and put the stolen ID in the [[Alias ID collection]].
* 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 ID collection]] 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.
* Also let Pagasa know if the wrong name was initially used in the profile in case she runs into any problems with consistency checks
* identity theft, unknown identity
*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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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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