Configuration User Guide

Configuration Settings The configuration settings screen enables the user to make edits to the default settings, the best fit the desired implementation of the MPI.

Configuration Settings

Common Properties This tab defines the demographic details for a patient that will be used for linking.

The user can do the following:

• Select the Edit icon button to initiate edit mode on a row for the common properties. When the row is in edit mode the following changes occur : The colour of the row changes to white The edit icon changes to show a save icon and a close icon

-Choose to select the close button to exit edit mode. -Choose to select the save icon button to save changes made and exit edit mode. -Edit the relevant fields and select the save button to save changes on the current tab.

Deterministic The deterministic tab is used to define the deterministic rules.

The deterministic tab has three sub tabs :

• Linking

• Validate

• Matching

Source view this view allows the user to do the following :

• View the displayed rules

• Click edit mode by clicking the edit icon button which opens up the design view

• Click add icon button which initiates edit mode , switches to design - - View tab (If there are no existing rules on display)

Design view this view allows the user to do the following :

• Select the operator values from a dropdown field, e.g., "And" and "Or"

• Select common field values from a dropdown field

• Select comparator function from a dropdown field, e.g., "Exact", "Low Fuzziness", etc.

• Add a second row of input fields by selecting the add icon button

• Save rule by selecting the add rule button

• Exit edit mode and cancel previous edits.

• Delete the existing row of input fields Blocking The blocking tab is used to define the blocking rules.

The blocking tabs have two sub tabs:

• Linking

• Matching

The blocking sub tabs have two different views :

Source view This view allows the user to do the following :

• View the displayed rules

• Click edit mode by clicking the edit icon button which opens up the design view

• Click add icon button which initiates edit mode , switches to design view tab (If there are no existing rules on display)

Design view This view must allow the user to do the following:

• Select the operator values from a dropdown field, e.g., "And" and "Or"

• Select common field values from a dropdown field.

• Select comparator function from a dropdown field, e.g., "Exact", "Low Fuzziness", etc.

• Add a second row of input fields by selecting the add icon button

• Save rule by selecting the add rule button

• Exit edit mode and cancel previous edits.

• Delete the existing row of input fields Probabilistic In the Probabilistic tab the user can define the linking threshold ranges and/or values.

All values must be entered as per the rules defined.

Rules on threshold slider

• Do not allow the link threshold (green circle): To be < the Minimum threshold review value To be > the Maximum threshold review value

Rules on Threshold For all threshold values that are entered, system allows for exponential notation e.g. 123E-3 which is the same as 0.012 System display default values

Nodes This section displays the following :

• Golden record node

• Interaction node

• Source ID

Nodes

Golden record node shows properties unique to the golden record. Interaction node shows properties unique to the interaction. Source ID : The third node denoted e.g Source ID, shows unique common lists e.g

• Source ID list

• Biometric ID list