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Intertwined record cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term638713
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

The Intertwined record cluster includes data elements that define the situation where more than one entity shares the same identifier. This cluster also describes information about the organisation or individual provider which confirms the existence of intertwined records and the date this confirmation occurs.

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Intertwined records are also known as replica records. 'Intertwined' is the preferred generic term.

Intertwined records are records shared by more than one entity. Intertwined records are created when two or more people or organisations are assigned the same identifier and their data are associated with the same record.

Intertwined records are difficult to identify. These records result from human error; either because they have been incorrectly resolved as duplicate enrolments or because one customer is enrolled on another customer's record.

Comments:Help on this term

These records represent a clinical safety risk to customers as their recorded health data is combined with the health data of another customer, and a privacy risk if one of the customers views their personal and/or health data.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) 2014. Audit Report No.27 2013–14. Integrity of Medicare customer data. Viewed 16 May 2016, https://www.anao.gov.au/work/performance-audit/integrity-medicare-customer-data.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
See also Identifier—investigation flag, yes/no code N
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
See also Identifier—investigation outcome, duplicate/intertwined/similar record code N
  • Health, Standard 05/10/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term

Identification in healthcare clusterHealth, Standard 05/10/2016

DSS specific attributes +

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on Identifier—investigation outcome, duplicate/intertwined/similar record code Nbeing recorded as code 2 'Intertwined record'.


Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

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Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Identifier—intertwined record confirmed by, text X[X(199)]Mandatory1
2Identifier—intertwined record confirmation date, DDMMYYYYMandatory1
3Date—accuracy indicator, code AAA

DSS specific information:

Recorded in conjunction with the data elements within this cluster that are used to record a date.

Mandatory1
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