Patient Demographics DTD From: http://www.mcis.duke.edu/standards/HL7/committees/sgml/demog.htm, November 1996 Patient Demographics DTD REPORT -- > REPORT-- --Top level-- > DEMOGRAPHICS-- --All demographic information about the patient is contained in this element.-- > FNAME-- --First Name-- > MI-- --Middle Initial or Middle Name-- > LNAME-- --Last Name-- > TITLE-- --For physicians mostly.-- > ALIAS-- --If known by any other name.-- > MAIDEN-- > NAME-- --This is a generic name element for both individuals and businesses-- --(such as insurance companies). The type of name is denoted by the attribute IOB-- --which can have either a "indvidual" value or a "business" value. Elements of-- --NAME that do not apply (such as FNAME for business) can be omitted.-- > STREET-- --This is the first block of the address. Element could be renamed "BLOCK1".-- > COUNTY-- > CITY-- > STATE-- > ZIP-- > ADDRESS-- --Address elements contained within this element.-- > EMPLOYER-- > SEX-- --This is a separate element and not an attribute due to the significance of this information-- --to the report.-- > BP-- --Blood Pressure-- > WEIGHT-- > HEIGHT-- > COMMENTS-- > SUBSCRIBER-- > POLICY-- > VITALS-- > LOCATION-- > DATE-- --This element stores the date in numeric format. The FORMAT attribute specifies the-- --display. The SIGNIFICANCE attribute denotes what type of date it is, DOB, date of birth,-- --DOD, date of death, preadmit fro previous admittance, admit, illness, accident, discharge,-- --effective or other. LOCATION specifies time and place. TIME specifies if a time was-- --included and will be formatted according to the FORMAT tag.-- ---- > CODE-- > POLICYHOLDER-- > INSURANCE-- > OCCUPATION-- > NUMBER-- --This number differs depending on the NOTYPE attribute. It can be generically used for-- --any number associated with the patient by chnaging the value of the NOTYPE Attribute.-- --One report could make use of MRN to identify the patient and another report could-- --make use of PID. Allowable number types are: MRN (Medical Record Number, SSN-- --(Social Security Number), PID (Patient IDentification), Billing, Serial, Account, and-- --Patient.-- ---- ---- > PHYSICIAN-- --Attribute for the physician specfies the physician type: attending, admitting, resident,-- --primary care physician, etc. This may need to be changed from an attribute list of items-- --to CDATA-- > CONTACT-- > PHONE-- > TIME-- > PATIENT-- --Patient Information-- > demog - Attribute List-000-- FORMAT (MMDDYY , MMDDYYYY , HHSSMMDDYY) #IMPLIED --