OpenEMPI is a unique EMPI implementation that utilizes cutting edge algorithms to help organizations minimize the rates of duplicates in their systems. Unlike other EMPIs, OpenEMPI was developed with flexibility and extensibility as the core aspects of its architecture, allowing it to support a wide variety of matching algorithms, including both deterministic and probabilistic versions.

This flexibility makes it possible for a site to implement the configuration of the EMPI that best matches the characteristics of their data and the sensitivities of the organization. Beyond selecting the most appropriate matching algorithm, each component of the system provides a wide variety of configuration parameters that can be tailored so as to minimize the presence of duplicate records in their patient registries.

The data model of the records processed by the system can be defined and customized to fit the data model of your own datasets, allowing the OpenEMPI instance to be used for identifying duplicates not just in databases of patient demographic records but also in databases of providers, facility or any other record format you define.