PatientName

Field Type Length Allow Null Natural Key Description
1 Record Type ID String

Indicates the record type. For this record it will always be “PatientName”.

2 Patient ID REF

Surrogate key to a patientCorresponds to a (Patient line in the same file set)’s ID value

3 Patient Identifier String 128

Part of Natural Key Identifier. Typically, the source’s or practice’s key Identifier for a patient *Natural Key for existing patient

4 Patient Record Authority ID REF

Surrogate Key to a Record Authority.

5 First Name String 50
6 Last Name String 50
7 Middle Name String 50
8 Title String 50

For example - Mr., Mrs, Dr.

9 Credentials String 50

For example - MD, BA, MA, Ph.D

10 Suffix String 50
11 Name Type Term

code|name|namespace|family|ns desc

12 Inserted Audit Data Audit

Audit data for when the record was inserted/created

13 Last Modified Audit Data Audit

Audit data for when the record was last modified

14 ID ID

Surrogate key to a name