Inside CHIME: National Patient ID Challenge Moves into the Final Round

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Weinstock 70x70 6.9.16 by Matthew Weinstock
Director of Communications and Public Relations, CHIME

The CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust last week named winners for the Concept Blitz Round of the National Patient ID Challenge. The initiative now moves into the critical Final Innovation Round.

After closing out the Concept Blitz Round of the CHIME Healthcare Innovation Trust’s National Patient ID Challenge, there’s a feeling that a viable solution for achieving accurate patient identification is within reach.

Last week, CHIME named two winners — out of 113 entries — of the Concept Blitz Round for submitting ideas that are well positioned to meet criteria for a national patient ID solution. Both will receive a $30,000 prize.

“One of the most encouraging aspects of the Concept Blitz Round is the fact that so many ideas seem to leverage technology that already exists and won’t require wholesale disruption of our information technology systems. This reinforces CHIME’s position that we can find a solution that can be deployed regardless of provider type, size or location,” CHIME Board Chair Marc Probst, vice president and chief information officer, Intermountain Healthcare, said in a press statement.

The challenge now moves into the Final Innovation Round; competitors have until July 12 to register and November 10 to submit their solutions in order to be eligible for the $1 million prize. It is important to note that the Concept Blitz and Final Innovation rounds are completely independent of each other. The Concept Blitz Round was an opportunity for people to submit their early ideas for judging. Innovators were not required to participate in that round in order to enter the final round. In fact, for the final round, everyone starts on equal footing.

Follow the challenge on the HeroX website, and on Twitter at #NPIDChallenge.

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