Patient Identification & Matching (PIM)
Patient Identification & Matching (PIM)
The Patient Identification & Matching Microcredential is for individuals who have expertise in patient identification and matching. These individuals understand and can apply patient identification and matching guidance and requirements.
About the Assessment
Assessments are administered through our partner vendor, Questionmark through and internet-based testing portal and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. (Browsers that support the Questionmark platform include Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Safari.)
Candidates have two hours to complete the assessment. The assessment contains a total of 65 questions (50 scored and 15 unscored questions randomly distributed throughout the assessment). The purpose of unscored questions is to gather data on the performance of these questions. Unscored questions do not count towards a candidate's score. Question types used for the assessment may include matching, multiple-choice or multiple-select, true/false, select-a-blank, pull-down lists, ranking, and may include scenarios presented as images to assess practical application of skills.
Individuals seeking the Patient Identification & Matching (PIM) Microcredential should be proficient in:
Policy
Practice
Master Patient Index (MPI)
Data Quality, Portability, and Interoperability
Technology