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Patient Matcher
OverviewGuideLinks and Communications
IDproduct.clinical_data.patient_master.matcher
DescriptionMatches incoming records to existing patients.
Keymatcher
Typecomponent
TeamClinical Data
Statusactive
Attributesalgorithm: probabilistic, auto_link_threshold: high confidence
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Guide
Patient Matcher
Behaviour

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.

Behaviour

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

Links and Communications

1 outgoing link

Outgoing Links(1)

Target objectLabelLink typeRelationRaw idRequiredDescription
patient_repo

example-healthcare.patient_repo

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——linkspatient_repo——