1. Utah Statewide
Master Person Index
NAHDO MPI Roundtable
Oct 12, 2010
Scott Narus, PhD
Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Utah

2. Statewide MPI Project
2-year NIH GO grant, $2.7M
Start: 30 September 2009
Partners:
• University of Utah
BMI, UPDB, HIM, IRB/RGE, Legal, IT Security
• Intermountain Healthcare
• UDOH
• UHIN – cHIE integration

3. Project Aims
Uniquely identify individuals who seek
healthcare or public health services in
Utah; Support research, operational &
public health purposes
Establish guidelines for use of MPI
Develop MPI repository and supporting
services
Test the MPI in a research setting
Develop integration strategy for cHIE

4. MPI Access
Admin
Users Researchers
MPI Data MPI Data
Contributors Consumers
MPI
record
Repository ?
Local
MPI

5. = Intermountain Key
= University
= Data load Other Cerner Researchers /
Epic Domain
= UDOH = Data access Clin. Experts
= Global = proposed
BI /
Other BDS
Admin
MPI EDW KR
Research
DBs
UPDB /
CHPC TS /
UPDBL
(Homer) MDR
PH FURTHeR
DBs
Local Biospec.
ERICA DBs
(IRB)
cHIE
Biospec.
MPI(s) DB Biospecimen
Mngrs
Biospec
sMPI MPI AHR
DB

6. Important Concepts
“Master of Masters”
• Matching vs. Linking vs. Merging/Resolve
• Master/Golden Record
“Slave of Masters”
• Not an originator of person records
• Rely on local matching/linking/merging
Open architecture
No clinical data storage

7. Important Issues
Consent
Research vs. Operational use policies
Sustainability
• Ownership / Governance
• Management
Central vs. Distributed
• Financing

8. Project Milestones
Policy Development Internal (closed)
Requirements testing
analysis Interface
Market survey development
Buy vs. Build System testing
Decision Implementation
Develop / Purchase cHIE Interface
Load local MPI data Sustainability Plan

9. Status
Policy Committee meeting 2x/month
Technical Committee meeting weekly
Linking variables
Institutional data collection complete
Technical staff hired
Requirements development complete
Establish success criteria
RFI release
Development Plan

10. Utah Statewide MPI Project
Questions?
Scott Narus (scott.narus@hsc.utah.edu)