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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

> So we are thinking of an algorithm to generate the id for the whole country,
> but not depend on the organisation unit. It should only depend on patient
> information and the time of creating...

A UUID perhaps? Seems to be the only way to guarantee you will end up
with a unique ID, especially in a federated setting. Otherwise,
national identity numbers, but there are privacy issues here to
consider.

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/UUID.html

Regards,
Jason