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Real-world prescription example (id = "f203")
<MedicationOrder xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir"> <id value="f203"/> <!-- No identifier could be provided --> <text><status value="generated"/><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><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></text><status value="active"/> <medicationReference> <reference value="Medication/f203"/> <display value="Paracetamol"/> </medicationReference> <patient> <reference value="Patient/f201"/> <display value="Roel"/> </patient> <encounter><!-- TODO <encounter> is not expected... --> <reference value="Encounter/f201"/> <display value="Roel's encounter on April fourth 2013"/> </encounter> <dateWritten value="2013-04-04"/> <prescriber> <reference value="Practitioner/f201"/> </prescriber> <reasonReference> <reference value="Condition/f201"/> <display value="fever"/> </reasonReference> <dosageInstruction> <text value="Paracetamol 3xdaags 1000mg"/> <!-- No defined schedule (<timing>) --> <method> <coding> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="322236009"/> <display value="Paracetamol 500mg tablet"/> </coding> </method> <maxDosePerPeriod><!-- 3000mg/24h --> <numerator> <value value="3000"/> <unit value="milligram"/> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="258684004"/> </numerator> <denominator> <value value="24"/> <unit value="hours"/> <system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/> <code value="258702006"/> </denominator> </maxDosePerPeriod> </dosageInstruction> <!-- <dispense> and <substitution> are not available for this patient --> </MedicationOrder>
Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.