Patient Matcher

The Patient Matcher scores incoming patient demographics against the EMPI using probabilistic rules — name, DOB, sex, address, identifier overlap.

False merge is worse than false split

Low-confidence matches route to a human queue; only high scores auto-link.

Behaviour

Returns match / probable duplicate / new patient decision.
Reads candidates from Patient Repository.
Feeds the Patient Merger when duplicates are confirmed.

Patient Matcher

The Patient Matcher scores incoming patient demographics against the EMPI using probabilistic rules — name, DOB, sex, address, identifier overlap.

False merge is worse than false split

Low-confidence matches route to a human queue; only high scores auto-link.

Behaviour

Returns match / probable duplicate / new patient decision.
Reads candidates from Patient Repository.
Feeds the Patient Merger when duplicates are confirmed.