http://www.patexia.com Patexia Rss Feed Sat, 25 May 2013 04:08:41 -0700 http://www.patexia.com/feed/universal-patient-identification-good-in-theory-but-not-the-solution-2370 Talks about universal patient identification (UPI) numbers have been gracing news headlines recently as the debate about privacy and health care continues.  Proponents of UPIs believe a unique ID number for medical records will improve health care by increasing accuracy and save money by reducing errors.  Anti-UPI arguments loudly refute the idea because of inevitable privacy concerns and unintended, even illegal, consequences.  The best solution, in my opinion, may be a... Universal patient identification: Good in theory but not the solution() at patexia.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:36:28 +0000