FirstName field: Difference between revisions

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== Data Processing at main office ==

===Name changes over time ===

When people change names, eg marriage, the [[Data Processor]] changes all old records to be consistent with the current one.

If an inconsistency is found between old and current records,

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* we change the old entries to be consistent with the most current entry

~~{{Discuss | who=Pagasa | question = under [[#Legacy info]] it said we stopped messing with names so cross checks with old data would work. If we no longer do that we should fix the reasoning there. }}~~

~~EPR uses the name used at admission time. Our old records therefore become inconsistent with EPR.~~

~~When people change names, eg marriage, the [[Data Processor]] changes all old records to be consistent with the current one.~~

~~{{Discuss | who=Pagasa | question = please confirm what we actually do now:~~

Information about other names for the patient may be available in [[Alias ID collection]].

* in ~~case of a typo~~

* in case of a change

* do you use the [[Alias ID collection]] ~~for this? }}~~

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 == Data Processing at main office ==
 ===Name changes over time ===
+When people change names, eg marriage, the [[Data Processor]] changes all old records to be consistent with the current one.
 <!-- if this changes, update [[Biographic changes over time]] -->
 If an inconsistency is found between old and current records,
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 * we change the old entries to be consistent with the most current entry
 <!-- confirmed w Pagasa 2017-11-15 -->
-{{Discuss | who=Pagasa | question = under [[#Legacy info]] it said we stopped messing with names so cross checks with old data would work. If we no longer do that we should fix the reasoning there. }}
-EPR uses the name used at admission time. Our old records therefore become inconsistent with EPR.
-When people change names, eg marriage, the [[Data Processor]] changes all old records to be consistent with the current one.
-{{Discuss | who=Pagasa | question = please confirm what we actually do now:
+Information about other names for the patient may be available in [[Alias ID collection]].
-* in case of a typo
-* in case of a change
-* do you use the [[Alias ID collection]] for this? }}
 {{Guideline Minimal Data Set}}