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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the OpenMRS project has considered this question extensively (and
many others that are relevant for a patient system).

Knut

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> > 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
>
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Cheers,
Knut Staring