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What is an MPI? What is its purpose?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What percentage of a clinician's time is spent entering patient symptoms and hist ory into the chart?
 
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Answer to Question 1

The master patient index prevents duplicate entry of patients already registered in the system and allows lookup of patient medical record numbers at facilities using paper charts.

Answer to Question 2

67 percent



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