Payer-driven patient reconciliation has become a distinct MPI workload in 2026. CMS interoperability rules pushed payers into FHIR exchange, and…
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Top 6 Patient Matching Tools for FHIR-Native Healthcare Platforms
FHIR-native healthcare platforms have a narrower set of MPI choices than legacy hospital systems. The platform's data model is FHIR…
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5 MPI Engines That Actually Handle Newborn and Twin Records
Newborn and twin records are the edge case MPI vendors often skip past in demos and CIOs always ask about.…
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Best MPI Tools for Cross-State Patient Identity in 2026
Cross-state patient identity is a problem most MPIs were not originally designed to solve. Identifier domains stop at state lines,…
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Top 7 Patient Matching Engines for Health Information Exchanges
Health information exchanges run the broadest patient-matching workloads in US healthcare. The matching has to reconcile records from dozens of…
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Top 5 MPI Tools for Multi-Hospital Systems in 2026
Multi-hospital systems run patient matching across more boundaries than a single-site MPI was ever designed for. Different EHR instances, different…
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FHIR Master Patient Index: A Buyer's Guide for Healthcare CIOs
A master patient index is the identity layer that prevents one patient from showing up as three records across different…
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Changing Healthcare with a Master Patient Index
In the fast-changing world of healthcare technology, a master patient index (MPI) is very important. As healthcare providers move towards…
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EMR in Dermatology: 4 FHIR Patterns for Specialty Workflows
Dermatology practices need EMR functionality that generic ambulatory EMRs address unevenly. FHIR provides primitives for four specialty-specific patterns. Pattern 1:…
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EHR Features for Dermatology: What Actually Ships in Specialty Practices
Dermatology practices need EHR features generic ambulatory EHRs don't fully provide. Seven capabilities distinguish specialty-ready EHRs. 1. Image handling at…
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