Define the care reliance
Set the medication and onward-care purpose, potential patient consequence and confidence required.
HCIIF IN PRACTICE · HEALTHCARE
Is the information ready
to travel with the patient?
A late medication change appears in one system but not in the discharge information sent to onward care providers.
The information
challenge.
The discharge summary looks complete, but the position has changed.
The prescribing record contains a later medication decision. The discharge summary and its AI-generated summary repeat the earlier list without showing the conflict.
Trace the current clinical position
Use ECAM to assess the prescribing record, discharge information and AI-generated summary against the latest authorised change.
Make the conflict visible
At the point of use, show the timing, authority and reconciliation limitation so clinical judgement is not displaced.
Control downstream reliance
Use the IIP to flag review, preserve the current confidence basis and support authorised update or recall of affected information.
ILLUSTRATIVE INFORMATION INTEGRITY PASSPORT
What confidence is justified?
- Confidence basis
- The summary is attributable, but its medication list predates a later prescribing entry.
- Justified reliance
- Useful for the wider discharge plan, but not yet the confirmed medication position.
- Accountability
- Clinical decision authority remains with the appropriately authorised professional.
- Confidence Drift and reassessment
- Reconciliation, further clinical change, correction or a new derived summary.
HCIIF difference
HCIIF distinguishes a complete-looking document from information sufficiently current, authoritative and reconciled for this care purpose and consequence.
This example illustrates intended HCIIF application and is not clinical guidance.