Duplicate resolution system and method for data management

A duplicate resolution method for allowing a user to manage hospital database records in a hospital database, comprising the steps of:

• loading said hospital database records into a host database to allow for an identifying of potential duplicate data within said hospital database;
• scoring said potential duplicate data using matching routines;
• allowing a user to review said potential duplicate data online from said host database;
• allowing said user to perform one or more operations on said potential duplicate data based on said score, wherein at least one of said operations is adapted to merge two or more potential duplicates in said potential duplicate data into one record;
• and,
• preventing new duplicate data during a registration process by allowing said user to query said host database to indicate a likelihood that any new duplicate data is a match to an existing record within said hospital database.

A duplicate resolution method for managing hospital database records, comprising the steps of:

• allowing said hospital database records to be loaded into a host database to allow for an identifying of potential duplicate data within a hospital database;
• allowing said potential duplicate data to be scored within said host database using matching routines;
• reviewing said potential duplicate data online from said host database;
• performing one or more operations on said potential duplicate data group based on said score;
• wherein at least one of said operations is adapted to merge two or more potential duplicates in said potential duplicate data into one record;
• and,
• querying said host database to indicate a likelihood that any new duplicate data is a match to an existing record within said hospital database.