Comment Objects

Additional information about patients appears in the form of comments. Comment objects contain free-form fields in which you can enter information about a patient that does not appear in standard Patient EDM fields. Each comment you add to a patient profile must include a comment code that is unique for the patient profile. This code is used to identify the comment. By default, the survivor calculator determines which system record comments to store in the SBR by looking at all system record comments. If each comment type is unique, then all comments are included in the SBR. If there are multiple comments of one type, the survivor calculator determines which comment to store in the SBR.

Comments can be used to store information about such issues as resolving or merging potential duplicates or reasons for merging or unmerging profiles. They can also be used to store additional information about a patient, such as recording information from a conversation with the patient.