WHIMA | AI Meets Patient Identity: Navigating the Complexities of Accurate Matching
On-Demand Virtual Event
Overview
In healthcare, ensuring data integrity in patient identity management is critical yet highly complex. While AI and advanced matching algorithms offer promising solutions, they come with limitations that can lead to unexpected pitfalls and costly errors. This session reveals the hidden challenges of patient matching systems, from the risks of over-relying on AI to the constraints of common algorithms, which often struggle to account for real-world complexities.
Session Objectives:
- Identify the limitations and potential pitfalls of AI in patient matching and understand how to address them.
- Engage in hands-on patient-matching exercises to understand where human oversight is essential alongside AI-driven processes.
- Implement best practices in patient identity management
Session Level: Intermediate Level
Course Info
Published Date
August 2026
Total CEs
1.0
Domain(s)
Data Structure, Content and Information Governance
Pricing
WHIMA Member
$25
Non-Member
$40
Student
$10
WHIMA Member – an AHIMA dues-paying member who has selected Wisconsin as their Component Association (CA)
Non-Member – includes AHIMA dues-paying members from other AHIMA Component Associations (CA) as well as AHIMA Credentialed Non-Members
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Group Discounts
- WHIMA offers discount rates to Members and Non-Members, including students, if the criteria are met:
- If 3 or more individuals from the same organization (not a health corporation) register together for the meeting, you will receive a discount of 5% for each registration. Example: The discount would be available if all three or more individuals were from the same physical location, i.e., Advocate Health Care. The three could not be from Advocate Health Care and other Advocate Aurora Health facilities.
- Group discounts are only available when all registrants are registered at the same time, on the same registration. Discounts are automatically reflected once three registrants are added to a single registration
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Additional Information
AHIMA
This educational offering has been approved for continuing education credit for use in fulfilling the continued education requirements of the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
AAPC
CEUs are accepted from programs sponsored by AHIMA national offices and the state or regional AHIMA branches. One hour of instruction is worth one CEU. A certificate of attendance or completion is necessary to show participation.
ACDIS
AHIMA CEUs that are CDI-related are accepted.
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