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Real-world prescription example
{ "resourceType": "MedicationOrder", "id": "f202", "text": { "fhir_comments": [ " No identifier could be provided " ], "status": "generated", "div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f202</p><p><b>dateWritten</b>: 11/03/2013</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>patient</b>: <a>Roel</a></p><p><b>prescriber</b>: <a>Practitioner/f201</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Roel's encounter on March eleventh 2013</a></p><p><b>reason</b>: <a>sepsis</a></p><p><b>medication</b>: <a>Flucloxacilline</a></p><h3>DosageInstructions</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Text</b></td><td><b>Timing</b></td><td><b>Route</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>MaxDosePerPeriod</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Flucloxacilline 12g/24h</td><td>Starting 11/03/2013, Do Once, Until 21/03/2013</td><td>Intravenous route <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '47625008' = '47625008', given as 'Intravenous route'})</span></td><td>Injected floxacillin <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '323493005' = '323493005', given as 'Injected floxacillin'})</span></td><td>12 gram<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258682000 = '258682000')</span>/24 hours<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258702006 = '258702006')</span></td></tr></table></div>" }, "dateWritten": "2013-03-11", "status": "completed", "patient": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "prescriber": { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" }, "encounter": { "reference": "Encounter/f203", "display": "Roel's encounter on March eleventh 2013" }, "reasonReference": { "reference": "Condition/f203", "display": "sepsis" }, "medicationReference": { "reference": "Medication/f202", "display": "Flucloxacilline" }, "dosageInstruction": [ { "text": "Flucloxacilline 12g/24h", "timing": { "repeat": { "boundsPeriod": { "start": "2013-03-11", "end": "2013-03-21" } } }, "route": { "coding": [ { "fhir_comments": [ " Medication follows the respiratory tract " ], "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "47625008", "display": "Intravenous route" } ] }, "method": { "coding": [ { "fhir_comments": [ " SNOMED CT code maps to 1 gram whilst the patient receives 12 grams " ], "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "323493005", "display": "Injected floxacillin" } ] }, "maxDosePerPeriod": { "numerator": { "fhir_comments": [ " 12g/24h " ], "value": 12, "unit": "gram", "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "258682000" }, "denominator": { "value": 24, "unit": "hours", "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "258702006" } } } ] }
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