| ID | product.clinical_data.patient_master.matcher |
|---|---|
| Description | Matches incoming records to existing patients. |
| Key | matcher |
| Type | component |
| Team | Clinical Data |
| Status | active |
| Attributes | algorithm: probabilistic, auto_link_threshold: high confidence |
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Guide
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.