Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Similar entity confirmed by |
METEOR identifier: | 520248 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |
Definition: | The identifier of the organisation or individual provider that gives confirmation that two entities represented by different identifiers are not the same entity despite having similar identifying information, as represented by text. |
Data Element Concept: | Identifier—similar entity confirmed by |
Value Domain: | Text X[X(199)] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
Representation class: | Text | |
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Data type: | String | |
Format: | X[X(199)] | |
Maximum character length: | 200 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This information establishes that two identifiers with similar identifying information belong to two entities. The authority of the organisation may serve to inform other related organisations of a potential duplicate within their systems. Each organisation is responsible for management of duplicates and merging. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Reference documents: | Standards Australia 2014. AS 4846:2014 Person and provider identification in healthcare. Sydney: Standards Australia. |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Similar but different entity cluster Health!, Standard 05/10/2016 |