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Data Element Detail

Person (identifier)-identifier designation
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040014 v4
Data Element
Data Element
Current
20-Mar-2018
Standard
Information Management Strategic Governance Committee (IMSGC), Queensland Health
20-Mar-2018
Number or code assigned by an organisation, establishment or agency, used to uniquely identify a person in healthcare.
Clinical and administrative purposes
Identifier designation
Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI), system user name
Representational Attributes
Character
Identification Number
X[X(19)]
1
20
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

Valid identifier
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

-
Collection and Usage Attributes
An alphanumeric identifier, allocated by an organisation or individual provider that is used to uniquely identify an entity.

Individual facilities or systems may use their own alphabetic, numeric or alphanumeric coding systems. This excludes individuals in the role of healthcare provider.

Examples of person identifiers include:
• Medicare number (combination of Medicare card number and Medicare index)
• Department of Veterans' Affairs number (DVA)
• Centrelink card number
• Drivers licence
• Private health insurance fund card
• PBS safety net card
• Individual healthcare identifier (IHI)
• Local client identifier
• Health (care client) identification number.
• Employee number (payroll system number)
• Novell login identification
• System user name
• Healthcare card number
• Pension number

It shall be noted that, although this is a unique identifier, the identifier is only unique within the purpose for which it was issued by the organisation responsible for issuing the number. In other words, a single identifier may exist more than once in a system, but when combined with the other data components of the identifier the aggregate identifier is unique. The combination of identifier designation, issuer and usage assists to uniquely identify a person (entity) for a specific purpose.

Identifiers shall not be recycled or re-used, but when not active they should have an identifier status of inactive.
Should not be null.

The Oral Health Data Supply Requirement (DSR):
Must not be null if Person (eligibility)-eligibility reason (Oral Health) is not blank.
The Oral Health Data Supply Requirement (DSR):
This is a unique client identification number provided by the dental health services.

COVID-19 Data Set-Definitions (DSD):
For COVID-19 self-isolation directions, the unique identifier is system generated and used by Queensland Health for data matching purposes.
For COVID-19, the unique identifier in the self-quarantine data is generated by the system (DCoVA web-app) when a user enters new information.
For the purposes of capturing Passport Number for COVID -19 self-quarantine data, this field can be blank.

RIVeR:
In RIVeR the Medicare number is captured as two pieces of data, Medicare card number and Medicare index.
Principle A: Identifiers shall be unique to a purpose and often to a person or organisation, although family group identifiers exist and are unique to the family.
Principle B: Identifiers shall not be recycled or reused.
Principle C: Each person or organisation should have a single active identifier from a given issuer for a specific usage at any given point in time
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

No Metadata Items
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 3MandatoryDraft01-Jul-2021
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 2MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-201930-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionElective Surgery Data Collection (ESDC)QH 020110 Version 1MandatorySuperseded20-Mar-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Census Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020427 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Census Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020568 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Census Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020682 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Removals Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020429 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Removals Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2019-2020QH 020567 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201930-Jun-2020
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementElective Surgery Waiting List Removals Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2020-2021QH 020683 Version 1MandatoryCurrent01-Jul-202030-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 3Draft01-Jul-2021
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 2Current01-Jul-201930-Jun-2021
Information AssetData CollectionEmergency Data Collection (EDC)QH 020159 Version 1Superseded20-Mar-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementEmergency Data Collection (EDC) Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020431 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementGastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE)-Removals Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2017-2018QH 020625 Version 1MandatorySuperseded20-Mar-2018
Data Supply RequirementHHS Service AgreementGastrointestinal Endoscopy (GIE)-Removals Data Supply Requirement (DSR) 2018-2019QH 020432 Version 1MandatorySuperseded01-Jul-201830-Jun-2019
Source and Reference Attributes
Identifier-identifier designation METeOR identifier: 466235 https://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/466235