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Also see [[Biographic changes over time]] | Also see [[Biographic changes over time]] | ||
People may change PHINs over time or have multiple PHINs. This can occur in 3 main ways: | People may change PHINs over time or have multiple PHINs. This can occur in 3 main ways: | ||
* moving from OOP to MB, | * moving from OOP (out of province) to MB, | ||
* moving from MB to OOP, and | * moving from MB to OOP, and | ||
* a single individual having multiple PHINs (usually | * a single individual having multiple PHINs (usually something went wrong in registration with MB Health) | ||
For the purpose of identifying "same person", and uniformity, we will enter the current | For the purpose of identifying "same person", and uniformity, we will enter the most current PHIN or PseudoPHIN into the PHIN field of all encounters of that patient in our database. Earlier PHINs or PseudoPHINs will be retained in [[Alias ID collection]]. '''This may mean that we change an existing PHIN to a PseudoPHIN. ''' | ||
'''[[Data Processing]]''': | '''[[Data Processing]]''': | ||