[Info-vax] OT: Cerner patient ID question

[Michael Austin]

John Smith (not the one @ HP) wrote:
> Does anyone know/recollect how Cerner provides/generates the patient ID when 
> a person is first added to the system?
> 
> Is it just an autogenerated number picked up from the underlying database 
> and hence strictly monotonically sequential, or is there an ID 'generator' 
> which checksums the patient ID?
> 
> If it is a checksum ID, do you know which algorithm is used?
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> 


Classic (RMS-based) or Millenium (Oracle based) - the latter - IIRC uses 
sequences - not sure about Classic.