Release 5 Ballot

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Example MedicationRequest/medrx0317 (JSON)

Pharmacy Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Request for Intravenous Chemotherapy (inpatient order) - Alemtuzumab - completed with multiple dosageInstruction lines

{
  "resourceType": "MedicationRequest",
  "id": "medrx0317",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: MedicationRequest</b><a name=\"medrx0317\"> </a></p><div style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #d9e0e7; padding: 6px; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid #8da1b4; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 60%\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px\">Resource MedicationRequest &quot;medrx0317&quot; </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 12345689 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>intent</b>: order</p><h3>Medications</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a name=\"med0303\"> </a><blockquote><p/><p><a name=\"med0303\"> </a></p><p><b>code</b>: Alemtuzumab 10mg/ml (Lemtrada) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-rxNorm.html\">RxNorm</a>#1594660)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-a.html\">Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> &quot;Donald DUCK&quot;</p><p><b>authoredOn</b>: 2015-01-15</p><p><b>requester</b>: <a href=\"practitioner-example-f007-sh.html\">Practitioner/f007: Patrick Pump</a> &quot;Simone HEPS&quot;</p><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia (disorder) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#92814006)</span></td></tr></table><blockquote><p><b>dose</b></p><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 1</p><p><b>text</b>: Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: Rapidly increase dose until tolerated <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span>, Administer on alternate days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: Duration 12weeks, Do 3 per 1 weeks</p><p><b>route</b>: Intravenous route (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#47625008)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#422145002)</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 2</p><p><b>text</b>: Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: Rapidly increase dose until tolerated <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span>, Administer on alternate days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: Duration 12weeks, Do 3 per 1 weeks</p><p><b>route</b>: Intravenous route (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#47625008)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#422145002)</span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 3</p><p><b>text</b>: Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: Rapidly increase dose until tolerated <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span>, Administer on alternate days <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: Duration 12weeks, Do 3 per 1 weeks</p><p><b>route</b>: Intravenous route (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#47625008)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#422145002)</span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Medication",
      "id": "med0303",
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm",
            "code": "1594660",
            "display": "Alemtuzumab 10mg/ml (Lemtrada)"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
      "value": "12345689"
    }
  ],
  "status": "completed",
  "intent": "order",
  "medication": {
    "reference": {
      "reference": "#med0303"
    }
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/pat1",
    "display": "Donald Duck"
  },
  "authoredOn": "2015-01-15",
  "requester": {
    "reference": "Practitioner/f007",
    "display": "Patrick Pump"
  },
  "reason": [
    {
      "concept": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "92814006",
            "display": "Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia (disorder)"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "dose": {
    "dosageInstruction": [
      {
        "sequence": 1,
        "text": "Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk",
        "additionalInstruction": [
          {
            "text": "Rapidly increase dose until tolerated"
          },
          {
            "text": "Administer on alternate days"
          }
        ],
        "timing": {
          "repeat": {
            "duration": 12,
            "durationUnit": "wk",
            "frequency": 3,
            "period": 1,
            "periodUnit": "wk"
          }
        },
        "route": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "47625008",
              "display": "Intravenous route (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "method": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "422145002",
              "display": "Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "doseAndRate": [
          {
            "type": {
              "coding": [
                {
                  "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
                  "code": "ordered",
                  "display": "Ordered"
                }
              ]
            },
            "doseQuantity": {
              "value": 3,
              "unit": "mg",
              "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
              "code": "mg"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "sequence": 2,
        "text": "Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk",
        "additionalInstruction": [
          {
            "text": "Rapidly increase dose until tolerated"
          },
          {
            "text": "Administer on alternate days"
          }
        ],
        "timing": {
          "repeat": {
            "duration": 12,
            "durationUnit": "wk",
            "frequency": 3,
            "period": 1,
            "periodUnit": "wk"
          }
        },
        "route": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "47625008",
              "display": "Intravenous route (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "method": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "422145002",
              "display": "Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "doseAndRate": [
          {
            "type": {
              "coding": [
                {
                  "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
                  "code": "ordered",
                  "display": "Ordered"
                }
              ]
            },
            "doseQuantity": {
              "value": 10,
              "unit": "mg",
              "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
              "code": "mg"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "sequence": 3,
        "text": "Rapid daily-dose escalation, until tolerated, from 3 mg/d, and then 10 mg/d, to the recommended maintenance dose of 30 mg IV over 120 min, 3 times per wk on alternate days for up to 12 wk",
        "additionalInstruction": [
          {
            "text": "Rapidly increase dose until tolerated"
          },
          {
            "text": "Administer on alternate days"
          }
        ],
        "timing": {
          "repeat": {
            "duration": 12,
            "durationUnit": "wk",
            "frequency": 3,
            "period": 1,
            "periodUnit": "wk"
          }
        },
        "route": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "47625008",
              "display": "Intravenous route (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "method": {
          "coding": [
            {
              "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
              "code": "422145002",
              "display": "Inject - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "doseAndRate": [
          {
            "type": {
              "coding": [
                {
                  "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
                  "code": "ordered",
                  "display": "Ordered"
                }
              ]
            },
            "doseQuantity": {
              "value": 30,
              "unit": "mg",
              "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
              "code": "mg"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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