Vienna, VA – June 12, 2018 – The Sequoia Project announced the results of a multi-year effort of a diverse stakeholder workgroup to examine and revise best practices for patient matching between health information exchange partners. The revised whitepaper, entitled “A Framework for Cross-Organizational Patient Identity Management 2018,” is a multi-dimensional document featuring a matching maturity model, a detailed case study and specific practices for a national patient matching framework.

“When we released the proposed minimal practices document a few years ago we knew patient matching was one of the most significant challenges to nationwide health information sharing,” said Eric Heflin, chief technology officer for The Sequoia Project and lead author of the paper. “So, we were pleased to receive robust and detailed feedback during the public comment period, as well as many experts volunteering their time and considerable operational knowledge to improve the national-level guidance.”

The Sequoia Project convened a Patient Identity Management Workgroup, comprised of industry, academic, standards and government experts. It was charged with dispositioning comments to develop final recommendations for improved patient identity management. In alphabetical order: (* Denotes co-chair)

Jamie Bennett, Healthcare Systems Specialist, JP Systems Inc., Veterans’ Health Administration
Ryan Bramble*, Senior Director of Technology, Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP)
Karon Casey, IT Manager, Coastal Connect Health Information Exchange
Adam Culbertson, Innovator in Residence, HIMSS
John T. Donnelly, President, IntePro Solutions Inc.
Zachary Gillen*, Senior Director, Care Delivery Technology Services, Kaiser Permanente IT
Eric Heflin, Chief Information Officer /Chief Technology Officer, The Sequoia Project
Al Jackson, Vice President of Information Management & System Performance, Surescripts LLC
Lesley Kadlec, MA, RHIA, CHDA, Director, Practice Excellence, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
Katherine Lusk, MHSM, RHIA, FAHIMA, Chief Health Information Management and Exchange Officer, Children’s Health (Dallas, Texas)
Rebecca Madison*, Executive Director, Alaska eHealth Network
Shelley Mannino-Marosi, Senior Director, Program Management, Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services
Greg Mears, MD Medical Director, ZOLL
Wendi Melgoza, RHIA, CPHI HIM, Data Quality Manager, Sutter Health Shared Services

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