Patient Matching

ONC Expands Health Equity Data Initiative to Standardize Patient Addresses

August 10, 2022 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced that it will incorporate recommendations from the HHS Equity Technical Assistance Center (ETAC) into the next iteration of its Project US@ initiative. Project US@ follows a health-equity-by-design framework, which means that it is focused on improvements in...


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Poor Data Quality, Weak Algorithms Lead to Patient Matching Issues

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