FHIR Get Person ID from Cerner ID

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Jean Minnaar

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Mar 23, 2023, 3:46:35 PM3/23/23
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How can I get the Person ID if I have the Cerner ID?

There are two patient identifiers in Cerner and I need to get the Person ID when I have the one called Cerner ID.  I can get the Cerner ID if I have the Person ID, but I need it the other way round.

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Richard Braman

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Mar 23, 2023, 5:21:49 PM3/23/23
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by Cerner Id do you mean the Medical Record Number?

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Minnaar, Jean

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Mar 23, 2023, 5:29:19 PM3/23/23
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No.  There are two patient ids in cerner, the Cerner ID and the Person ID.  A patient can have multiple MRNs.  Not asking about MRNs.  The two IDs I mentioned, are unique patient identifiers.

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Minnaar, Jean

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Mar 23, 2023, 6:43:43 PM3/23/23
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Does this help?

Richard Braman

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Mar 23, 2023, 7:12:59 PM3/23/23
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You query Patient by identifier, using the code system and the code for the cernerid, and the id of the Returned FHIR resource is the Person ID.

Minnaar, Jean

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Mar 24, 2023, 12:12:22 AM3/24/23
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Thank you.  And what be the code for the cernerid?

Michael Spohnholtz WA-Seattle

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Mar 27, 2023, 6:43:09 PM3/27/23
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Thanks for the screen shots!  So using FHIR lookup patient by "Person_id" (51474901).  This is an example from our non-prod domain (just identifiers section):
    "id": "CI-2376519246-6",
                        "use": "usual",
                        "type": {
                            "coding": [
                                {
                                    "system": "https://fhir.cerner.com/ebf18e21-19d8-4746-a637-f0cdd46dae9f/codeSet/4",
                                    "code": "10",
                                    "display": "MRN",
                                    "userSelected": true
                                },
                                {
                                    "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v2-0203",
                                    "code": "MR",
                                    "display": "Medical record number",
                                    "userSelected": false
                                }
                            ],
                            "text": "MRN"
                        },
                        "system": "urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113883.3.1910.100.1",
                        "value": "2222222",
                        "period": {
                            "start": "2022-07-27T14:48:38.000Z"
                        }

If an OID was assigned to the alias pool (si_manager.exe) then you could search by a very specific identifier, like:

So use my first example and search by person_id and "look" at the response payload for identifiers to find your "Cerner ID" (which is type "referring MRN").
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