About Alias Fields on the Patient EDM (Working With the EDM for Sun Master Patient Index)

Working With the EDM for Sun Master Patient Index

About Alias Fields on the Patient EDM

The fields located on the Alias view of the View/Edit page allow you to view a patient’s aliases. These names might include nicknames, middle names, or any other names that were previously used by the patient. Header fields appear at the top of the page to help you identify the patient whose profile you are viewing.

Note –

The fields on the Alias view are configurable, and might have been modified or removed. For more information about fields on the Alias view that differ from those listed below, see the system administrator. The field descriptions below describe fields in the default configuration.

Table 8 Alias Fields


This field …	displays this information ...
Identifying Fields
Last Name	The patient’s last name.
First Name	The patient’s first name
DOB	The month, day, and year that the patient was born.
Gender	The gender of the patient.
Alias Fields
Last Name	The last name of the patient’s alias.
First Name	The first name of the patient’s alias.
Middle Name	The middle name of the patient’s alias.