SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MATCHING IDENTITIES AMONG DISPARATE PHYSICIAN RECORDS

摘要

Event records are matched to stored files in a master database. Each new event record is compared to entries in the stored files to determine whether a perfect match, a consistent match, or a fuzzy match is found. If so, the matches are evaluated to determine whether there's sufficient data to determine a record match. If so, the entries are checked to determine whether any contradictions exist. If no contradiction found, the entries are examined according to preset weights to determine the strength of the match. If the strength of the match surpasses a threshold, the entries are declared as matched.

主权项

1. A computerized implemented method for maintaining database entries, comprising:
maintaining a master database having a plurality of records, each records comprising a plurality of entries; receiving an event report having a plurality of arguments, and performing a process to determine whether the event report corresponds to any of the records by performing the steps: defining three match types comprising a perfect match (PM), a consistent match (CM) and a fuzzy match (FM), wherein PM is a Boolean function returning true only if an entry and an argument have same number of characters in the same sequence, CM is a Boolean function returning true only when any characters present in an argument matches a character present in an entry; and FM is a function assigning a value from zero to one reflecting degree of consistency between an entry and an argument; storing a fuzzy match threshold; comparing an argument to an entry and, when a consistent match returns true, storing a match indicia, and when a consistent match returns false and FM returns a value below the fuzzy match threshold, storing unmatch indicia.