Better Patient Record Matching (IMAGE) Regenstrief Institute Caption Patient matching is crucial for patient safety. Often, all of a person's records are not matched together, leaving out crucial health information the provider may need. Sometimes, records for different people are mistakenly matched together, which leads to both safety and privacy concerns. All this happens because health information from different providers is stored independently, and there is no universal unique identification system to link them together. Credit Regenstrief Institute Usage Restrictions Credit to Andrea Anibal, Regenstrief Institute License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.