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An email address can now be used as an identifier in an HL7 message to target a patient’s PKB record. The email address must be provided in the PID-2 or PID-3 fields with an Assigning Authority and Type Code both set to “EMAIL”. Email addresses provided as contact information in the PID-13 or PID-14 fields will not be used as identifiers, and email identifiers provided in the PID-2 or PID-3 fields will not be saved as contact information. Email address identifiers will only match a record if the email address is not a confirmedsecondary, primary unconfirmed email address on the target PKB record. For more information please click here.
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