Connectathon 11 Snapshot

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D.11 DAF Profiles and Usage Guidance for medications

This document provides guidance to implementers and how to use the various profiles related to medications within the context of the DAF FHIR IG. The list of profiles and their intended usage is as provided in the table below


DAF FHIR profile Purpose Base FHIR Resource
DAF-MedicationOrder This profile is used to represent an order for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medicine to a patient. MedicationOrder
DAF-MedicationDispense This profile is used to represent the provision of a supply of a medication with the intention that it is subsequently consumed by a patient (usually in response to a prescription). MedicationDispense
DAF-MedicationStatement This profile is used to record an assertion that a medication was given, or is being given, to a patient. MedicationStatement
DAF-MedicationAdministration This profile is used to represent the event of administering a medication to a patient. MedicationAdministration
DAF-Medication This profile is used to represent medication material (e.g. drugs) as part of the other DAF medication related profiles. Medication

D.11.1 DAF medication queries and DAF medication profile usage

    Medication-related resources compliant with DAF profiles can be queried individually (e.g. by querying for a MedicationOrder) or by querying for relevant types of List (active medications list, discharge medications list, etc.) and using _include to retrieve the items referenced by the list as well. See the DAF-MedicationList profile for information on medication-specific Lists.