Submitted by jsensmeier on
ANI comments support NCSBN ID as Care Team Member Identifier
The NCSBN ID is a unique eight-digit number assigned to every nurse upon their first licensure with a board of nursing. It's the only unique nurse identifier and it allows concise communication among systems while still protecting a nurse's personal information. This ID is specific to nursing, and it is available for each of the more than 4 million nurses in practice today. Use of the NPI as the Care Team Member Identifier will not enable specific representation of nursing documentation among interoperable systems. NCSBN ID numbers are free to obtain and available exclusively through the Nursys system managed securely by NCSBN. The Nursing Knowledge: Big Data Science Policy and Advocacy Workgroup and the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) recommend the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) ID should be used by key stakeholders as a nurse identifier to help demonstrate the value of nursing through research, and enhance individual care and health outcomes via more comprehensive documentation in the EHR, ERP, and other technologies and systems. Additional information is available on the ANI website at https://www.allianceni.org/policy-position/unique-nurse-identifier
There are more than 4 million nurses
Submitted by cgrote@aota.org on
AOTA Comment on Care Team Member identifier
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) supports data elements that capture the services of multiple care team members. AOTA encourages USCDI to consider other identifiers in addition to NPI, as many clinicians (such as therapy providers) may not utilize an individual NPI if they work for a facility. Additionally, some clinicians who work under the supervision of other clinicians, such as occupational therapy assistants, bill under the supervisor NPI. License numbers may be an appropriate alternative; however, many clinicians have multiple licenses in different states with different numbers.
USCDI 2022 Comments 9.22_0.pdf