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Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the Supply resource.
| Supply | |
| Definition | A supply - a request for something, and provision of what is supplied. | 
| Control | 1..1 | 
| Supply.kind | |
| Definition | Category of supply, e.g. central, non-stock, etc. This is used to support work flows associated with the supply process. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Binding | SupplyKind: Required: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/supply-kind (Category of supply) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Supply.identifier | |
| Definition | Unique identifier for this supply request. | 
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| Comments | This is assigned by the orderer, and used to refer to this order in other external standards. | 
| Supply.status | |
| Definition | Status of the supply request. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Binding | SupplyStatus: Required: http://hl7.org/fhir/valueset-supply-status (Status of the supply) | 
| Type | code | 
| Is Modifier | true | 
| Supply.orderedItem | |
| Definition | The item that is requested to be supplied. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Medication | Substance | Device) | 
| Comments | Note that there's a difference between a prescription - an instruction to take a medication, along with a (sometimes) implicit supply, and an explicit request to supply, with no explicit instructions. | 
| Supply.patient | |
| Definition | A link to a resource representing the person whom the ordered item is for. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Patient) | 
| Supply.dispense | |
| Definition | Indicates the details of the dispense event such as the days supply and quantity of a supply dispensed. | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Supply.dispense.identifier | |
| Definition | Identifier assigned by the dispensing facility when the item(s) is dispensed. | 
| Note | This is a business identifer, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| Comments | This is assigned by the dispenser, and used to refer to this order in other external standards. | 
| Supply.dispense.status | |
| Definition | A code specifying the state of the dispense event. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Binding | SupplyDispenseStatus: Required: http://hl7.org/fhir/valueset-supply-dispense-status (Status of the dispense) | 
| Type | code | 
| Is Modifier | true | 
| Supply.dispense.type | |
| Definition | Indicates the type of dispensing event that is performed. Examples include: Trial Fill, Completion of Trial, Partial Fill, Emergency Fill, Samples, etc. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Binding | SupplyItemType: Required: See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/supply-item (The actual item being supplied) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Supply.dispense.quantity | |
| Definition | The amount of supply that has been dispensed. Includes unit of measure. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Quantity | 
| Supply.dispense.suppliedItem | |
| Definition | Identifies the medication or substance or device being dispensed. This is either a link to a resource representing the details of the item or a simple attribute carrying a code that identifies the item from a known list. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Medication | Substance | Device) | 
| Supply.dispense.supplier | |
| Definition | The individual responsible for dispensing the medication, supplier or device. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Practitioner) | 
| Supply.dispense.whenPrepared | |
| Definition | The time the dispense event occurred. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Period | 
| Supply.dispense.whenHandedOver | |
| Definition | The time the dispensed item was sent or handed to the patient (or agent). | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime | 
| Supply.dispense.destination | |
| Definition | Identification of the facility/location where the Supply was shipped to, as part of the dispense event. | 
| Control | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Location) | 
| Supply.dispense.receiver | |
| Definition | Identifies the person who picked up the Supply. | 
| Control | 0..* | 
| Type | Reference(Practitioner) |