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Groups urge Congress to take action on patient identifier as COVID-19 raises the stakes

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Groups urge Congress to take action on patient identifier as COVID-19 raises the stakes FierceHealthcare Patient identity and matching problems are not new to healthcare. But the COVID-19 pandemic has raised the stakes, healthcare leaders say. The failure to accurately identify patients to their data raises patient safety and quality of care concerns, such as the wrong lab results being attached to a patient's record or patients receiving the wrong medication. READ MORE

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