Patient deduplication in Uganda’s electronic medical records system: a comparison of three classification algorithms

Abstract Background Duplicate patient records pose a significant challenge to healthcare registries and electronic medical record (EMR) systems in Uganda, primarily due to the absence of a national unique patient identifier. These duplicates lead to fragmented patient care, misallocation of resource...

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Principais autores:	Alex Mirugwe, Arthur G. Fitzmaurice, Alice Namale, Evelyn Akello, Simon Muhumuza, Milton Kaye, Samuel Lubwama, Jonathan Mpango, Paul Katongole, Solomon Ssevvume, Paul Mbaka, Clare Ashaba, Enos Sande, Kenneth Musenge
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2026-06-01
coleção:	BMC Digital Health
Assuntos:	Patient matching Deduplication Machine learning Electronic medical record Record linkage
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s44247-026-00257-w
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