[Verified Answer]: Study the master patient index (MPI)…

Study the master patient index (MPI) screen design that follows. All of the entries are for the same person. 1. Using the information on the screen, interpret how the patient could have ended up with multiple MPI entries. Then explain the type of MPI error that has occurred and explain the importance of correcting these errors. 2. Assume that the registration staff enters a patient by the name of Ann K. Black and mistakenly assigns her the same medical record number (154360) as Kathryn Ann Black. Describe which type of MPI error this is and explain what issues may result from it. Resources Reynolds, R. B. and A. Morey. 2020. Health Record Content and Documentation. Chapter 4 in Health Information Management: Concepts, Principles, and Practice, 6th ed. P. Oachs and A. Watters, eds. Chicago: Sayles, N. B. 2020. Health Information Functions, Purpose, and Users. Chapter 3 in Health Information AHIMA. Technology: An Applied Approach, 6th ed. N. B. Sayles and L. Gordon, eds. Chicago: AHIMA.