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Patient Identifier

  1. The unique identifier for patients shall be their PhilHealth Personal Identification Number.
  2. For highly communicable diseases and patients with special health conditions such as but not limited to HIV, Ebola, MERS-COV, special codes shall be given and additional important documents shall be signed by the patient, attending physician and head of the health facility.

Point of de-identification.
Only de-identified information shall be stored in the PHIE Data Warehouse. De-identification shall be done upon contact with the Participating Health Care Provider. The PHCP shall transmit information from patient's records to PHIE as shared health record or as part of PHIE's data warehouse. If the patient consents, the patient's health record may be processed in PHIE without the need for de-identification. If the patient does not consent to participate in PHIE, the patient's health information shall be de-identified, containing only information necessary for immediate statistical reference.
2. Only de-identified health information shall be stored in the PHIE Data Warehouse.

References:

  • Hosek S., Straus S. (2013). Patient Privacy, Consent and Identity Management in Health Information Exchange. Issues for the Military Health System. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation.

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