Month: November 2022

UPI (Unique patient identifer)

1. The identity of an individual consists of a set of personal characters by which that individual can be recognized.Identification is the proof of one’s identity. Identifier verifies the sameness of one’s identity. Patient...

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Unstructured data

Data that are not contained in a database. Data residing in text files which can represent more than 75% of an organization’s data. Data that are not organized or that lack structure.

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Underuse

Refers to the failure to provide a healthcare service when it would have produced a favorable outcome for a patient. Standard examples include failures to provide appropriate preventive services to eligible patients (e.g., Pap...

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