The Master Patient Index (MPI) provides flexible and thorough indexing of patient account information and serves as a central access point to patient electronic medical records. The index is maintained utilizing multiple data keys to ensure the selection of the proper patient. The data keys also provide authorized users flexibility in patient searches. The index display includes account summary information allowing at a glance review as well as identifying potentially erroneous information. The MPI facilitates quicker, more accurate registrations, more efficient collections efforts, and easy access to multi-encounter patient information. When used in conjunction with the Archival Data Repository module, the index provides access to the patient’s complete clinical and financial history from a single access point.

The Community Patient Index (CPI) expands data available for registration by providing the capability to share patient information across the entire healthcare enterprise. Every patient encounter entered into the system, regardless as to whether a hospital, clinic, medical practice, or home health visit, is indexed and can be included in a community index. Each entity is indexed separately and inclusion of an entity in the CPI is optional. Simple table settings determine which entity indices will be included. Once established, each entity is able to search the community index for previous patient encounter information across all of the other entities. The CPI is a powerful tool that promotes enterprise wide data consistency, faster, more efficient registrations, and a reduction in the potential for errors.