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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

"Find"

Master Patient Index
Aka "Record Locator Service"
Demographic data + ADT messages

A graphic depicts how individual care providers contact a patient index. Provider asks if there are records for his/her patient. Index sends location of any records. The patient index and data sources connect through locator. Source sends index information.

Notes:

"etch server model"

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