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Fully populated example of a MedicationOrder - Chlorthalidone - active - with link to encounter, reasonReference, note, dispenseRequest, substitution and eventHistory
{
"resourceType": "MedicationOrder",
"id": "medrx0311",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: medrx0311</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 12345689 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>medication</b>: id: med0316; Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '317935006' = 'Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product)', given as 'Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product)'})</span>; </p><p><b>patient</b>: <a>Donald Duck</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>encounter who leads to this prescription</a></p><p><b>dateWritten</b>: 15/01/2015</p><p><b>prescriber</b>: <a>Patrick Pump</a></p><p><b>reasonReference</b>: <a>condition for prescribing this medication</a></p><p><b>note</b>: Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning</p><h3>DosageInstructions</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Text</b></td><td><b>AdditionalInstructions</b></td><td><b>Timing</b></td><td><b>Route</b></td><td><b>Method</b></td><td><b>Dose[x]</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>One tablet daily</td><td>With or after food <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '311504000' = 'With or after food (qualifier value)', given as 'With or after food'})</span></td><td>Do Once per 1 days</td><td>Oral Route <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '26643006' = 'Oral route (qualifier value)', given as 'Oral Route'})</span></td><td>Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '421521009' = 'Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)', given as 'Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)'})</span></td><td>1 TAB<span> (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = '??')</span></td></tr></table><h3>DispenseRequests</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>ValidityPeriod</b></td><td><b>NumberOfRepeatsAllowed</b></td><td><b>Quantity</b></td><td><b>ExpectedSupplyDuration</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>15/01/2015 --> 15/01/2016</td><td>1</td><td>30 TAB<span> (Details: http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = '??')</span></td><td>30 days<span> (Details: http://unitsofmeasure.org code d = 'd')</span></td></tr></table><h3>Substitutions</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Allowed</b></td><td><b>Reason</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>true</td><td>continuing therapy <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir code 'CT' = '??', given as 'continuing therapy'})</span></td></tr></table><h3>EventHistories</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Status</b></td><td><b>DateTime</b></td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>stopped</td><td>01/04/2016</td><td><a>Patrick Pump</a></td></tr></table></div>"
},
"contained": [
{
"resourceType": "Medication",
"id": "med0316",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "317935006",
"display": "Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product)"
}
]
},
"isBrand": false,
"product": {
"form": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "385055001",
"display": "Tablet dose form (qualifier value)"
}
]
}
}
}
],
"identifier": [
{
"use": "official",
"system": "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
"value": "12345689"
}
],
"status": "active",
"medicationReference": {
"reference": "#med0316"
},
"patient": {
"reference": "Patient/pat1",
"display": "Donald Duck"
},
"encounter": {
"reference": "Encounter/f001",
"display": "encounter who leads to this prescription"
},
"dateWritten": "2015-01-15",
"prescriber": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f007",
"display": "Patrick Pump"
},
"reasonReference": [
{
"reference": "Condition/f201",
"display": "condition for prescribing this medication"
}
],
"note": [
{
"text": "Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning"
}
],
"dosageInstruction": [
{
"text": "One tablet daily",
"additionalInstructions": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "311504000",
"display": "With or after food"
}
]
}
],
"timing": {
"repeat": {
"frequency": 1,
"period": 1,
"periodUnit": "d"
}
},
"route": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "26643006",
"display": "Oral Route"
}
]
},
"method": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "421521009",
"display": "Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
}
]
},
"doseQuantity": {
"value": 1,
"unit": "TAB",
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code": "TAB"
}
}
],
"dispenseRequest": {
"validityPeriod": {
"start": "2015-01-15",
"end": "2016-01-15"
},
"numberOfRepeatsAllowed": 1,
"quantity": {
"value": 30,
"unit": "TAB",
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/v3-orderableDrugForm",
"code": "TAB"
},
"expectedSupplyDuration": {
"value": 30,
"unit": "days",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "d"
}
},
"substitution": {
"allowed": true,
"reason": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir",
"code": "CT",
"display": "continuing therapy"
}
]
}
},
"eventHistory": [
{
"status": "stopped",
"dateTime": "2016-04-01",
"actor": {
"reference": "Practitioner/f007",
"display": "Patrick Pump"
}
}
]
}
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.