The House has OK’d a unique patient identifier. Here’s what should happen next

(By Shaun Grannis, John D. Halamka, and Ben Moscovitch for STAT)

It isn’t every day that the House of Representatives takes bipartisan action to reverse a policy that’s been in place for two decades. But that’s what happened last month, when Democrats and Republicans alike voted for a measure designed to address a perennial problem that undermines medical record-keeping, puts patients at risk, and costs our health care system billions of dollars every year.  Continue reading article here…

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