Inconsistencies in the way patient demographic data is recorded can lead to duplicative and mismatched health records, contributing to increased costs, delays in care, and greater risk of patient harm.

Francis Chan, CEO of Hawaii Health Information Exchange, talks to EHRIntelligence about how the HIE is taking steps to reduce duplicate medical records by implementing NextGate’s enterprise Patient Matching as a Service (PMaaS).

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