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Real-world prescription example
{ "resourceType": "MedicationOrder", "fhir_comments": [ " <dispense> and <substitution> are not available for this patient " ], "id": "f203", "text": { "fhir_comments": [ " No identifier could be provided " ], "status": "generated", "div": "<div><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: f203</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>medication</b>: <a>Paracetamol</a></p><p><b>patient</b>: <a>Roel</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Roel's encounter on April fourth 2013</a></p><p><b>dateWritten</b>: 04/04/2013</p><p><b>prescriber</b>: <a>Practitioner/f201</a></p><p><b>reasonReference</b>: <a>fever</a></p><h3>DosageInstructions</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Text</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>MaxDosePerPeriod</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Paracetamol 3xdaags 1000mg</td><td>Paracetamol 500mg tablet <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '322236009' = 'Acetaminophen 500mg tablet', given as 'Paracetamol 500mg tablet'})</span></td><td>3000 milligram<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258684004 = 'milligram (qualifier value)')</span>/24 hours<span> (Details: SNOMED CT code 258702006 = 'hour (qualifier value)')</span></td></tr></table></div>" }, "status": "active", "medicationReference": { "reference": "Medication/f203", "display": "Paracetamol" }, "patient": { "reference": "Patient/f201", "display": "Roel" }, "encounter": { "reference": "Encounter/f201", "_reference": { "fhir_comments": [ " TODO <encounter> is not expected... " ] }, "display": "Roel's encounter on April fourth 2013" }, "dateWritten": "2013-04-04", "prescriber": { "reference": "Practitioner/f201" }, "reasonReference": [ { "reference": "Condition/f201", "display": "fever" } ], "dosageInstruction": [ { "text": "Paracetamol 3xdaags 1000mg", "method": { "fhir_comments": [ " No defined schedule (<timing>) " ], "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "322236009", "display": "Paracetamol 500mg tablet" } ] }, "maxDosePerPeriod": { "numerator": { "fhir_comments": [ " 3000mg/24h " ], "value": 3000, "unit": "milligram", "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "258684004" }, "denominator": { "value": 24, "unit": "hours", "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "258702006" } } } ] }
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