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The Use of the Social Security Number as the Basis for a National Citizen Identifier
The Use of the Social Security Number as the Basis for a National Citizen Identifier
Pages 286-291
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New models for health care delivery, particularly managed care, can be filthy support only through an integrated, electronic information system. The concept of a lifetime, patient-centered health record containing, at least logically, all data from all sources are key to delivering high quality, cost-effective care.
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Community health care information networks (CEDNs) and statewide alliances are becoming popular In which health care information about a person is available, with proper safeguards, to those people responsible for a patient's care.
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The Internal Revenue Service recently reported 6.5 million cases of missing, invalid, or duplicate Social Security numbers (Fix, 1995~. Most of these errors were Me result of recording errors.
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In that same pool, 67 percent indicated a preference for the SSN as the preferred national health care ID number. There can never be any security In a publicly known personal identifier.
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Overly strict rules and computer-enforced rules are risky where patient care is involved. Blocking health care providers from access could lead to serious consequences in the case of an emergency.
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Task Force on Privacy, Of lice of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Washington, D.C., February 11-12. Work Group on Computenzation of Patient Records.
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