Objects in an Enterprise Record

In Sun Master Patient Index, each system record and SBR in an enterprise record typically contain a set of objects that store different types of information about a patient. A record contains one parent object and typically contains several child objects, but it can have no child objects at all. A record can have only one instance of the parent object, but can have multiple instances of each type of child object. For example, in the default configuration, the parent object (Person) contains demographic data. A record can only contain one patient name and social security number (stored in the Person object), but the record could have multiple addresses, telephone numbers, and aliases, which are defined in different child objects (address, phone, and alias objects respectively). A record can have multiple instances of each child object, such as a home and a billing address.