By default, each name stored in the master index is phonetically encoded, and a patient’s primary and alias names are normalized prior to phonetic encoding. Normalization is based on the United States domain. The following fields are included in the object structure to store the normalized data.
Person.StdFirstName
Person.StdMiddleName
Person.StdLastName
Alias.StdFirstName
Alias.StdMiddleName
Alias.StdLastName
The following fields are included in the object structure to store the phonetic codes for each name.
Person.FnamePhoneticCode (patient’s first name)
Person.LnamePhoneticCode (patient’s last name)
Person.MnamePhoneticCode (patient’s middle name)
Person.MotherMNPhoneticCode (mother’s maiden name)
Person.MaidenPhoneticCode (patient’s maiden name)
Person.SpousePhoneticCode (spouse’s name)
Person.MotherPhoneticCode (mother’s name)
Person.FatherPhoneticCode (father’s name)