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Pharmacy Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner |
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Fully populated example of a MedicationRequest - Chlorthalidone - active - with link to encounter, reasonReference, note, dispenseRequest, substitution and eventHistory
{ "resourceType": "MedicationRequest", "id": "medrx0311", "text": { "status": "generated", "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: MedicationRequest</b><a name=\"medrx0311\"> </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 "medrx0311" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 12345689 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: active</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><span title=\" Linked to a RESOURCE Medication \"><a name=\"med0316\"> </a></span><blockquote><p/><p><a name=\"med0316\"> </a></p><p><b>code</b>: Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#317935006)</span></p><p><b>doseForm</b>: Tablet dose form (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#385055001)</span></p></blockquote></td></tr></table><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-a.html\">Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> "Donald DUCK"</p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a href=\"encounter-example-f001-heart.html\">Encounter/f001: encounter who leads to this prescription</a></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> "Simone HEPS"</p><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"condition-example-f201-fever.html\">Condition/f201: condition for prescribing this medication</a></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning</p><blockquote><p><b>dose</b></p><blockquote><p><b>dosageInstruction</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 1</p><p><b>text</b>: One tablet daily</p><p><b>additionalInstruction</b>: With or after food <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#311504000)</span></p><p><b>timing</b>: Code: QD</p><p><b>route</b>: Oral Route <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#26643006)</span></p><p><b>method</b>: Swallow - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value) <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#421521009)</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><p><b>dispenseRequest</b></p><p><b>validityPeriod</b>: 2015-01-15 --> 2016-01-15</p><p><b>numberOfRepeatsAllowed</b>: 1</p><p><b>quantity</b>: 30 TAB<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = 'Tablet')</span></p><h3>ExpectedSupplyDurations</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Value</b></td><td><b>Unit</b></td><td><b>System</b></td><td><b>Code</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>30</td><td>days</td><td><a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ucum.html\">Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)</a></td><td>d</td></tr></table></blockquote><h3>Substitutions</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Allowed[x]</b></td><td><b>Reason</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>true</td><td>continuing therapy <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"http://terminology.hl7.org/3.1.0/CodeSystem-v3-ActReason.html\">ActReason</a>#CT)</span></td></tr></table></div>" }, "contained": [ { "resourceType": "Medication", "id": "med0316", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "317935006", "display": "Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product)" } ] }, "doseForm": { "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", "intent": "order", "medication": { "reference": { "reference": "#med0316" } }, "subject": { "reference": "Patient/pat1", "display": "Donald Duck" }, "encounter": { "reference": "Encounter/f001", "display": "encounter who leads to this prescription" }, "authoredOn": "2015-01-15", "requester": { "reference": "Practitioner/f007", "display": "Patrick Pump" }, "reason": [ { "reference": { "reference": "Condition/f201", "display": "condition for prescribing this medication" } } ], "note": [ { "text": "Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning" } ], "dose": { "dosageInstruction": [ { "sequence": 1, "text": "One tablet daily", "additionalInstruction": [ { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "311504000", "display": "With or after food" } ] } ], "timing": { "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-GTSAbbreviation", "code": "QD", "display": "QD" } ] } }, "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)" } ] }, "doseAndRate": [ { "type": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type", "code": "ordered", "display": "Ordered" } ] }, "doseQuantity": { "value": 1, "unit": "TAB", "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm", "code": "TAB" } } ] } ] }, "dispenseRequest": { "validityPeriod": { "start": "2015-01-15", "end": "2016-01-15" }, "numberOfRepeatsAllowed": 1, "quantity": { "value": 30, "unit": "TAB", "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm", "code": "TAB" }, "expectedSupplyDuration": { "value": 30, "unit": "days", "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org", "code": "d" } }, "substitution": { "allowedBoolean": true, "reason": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActReason", "code": "CT", "display": "continuing therapy" } ] } } }
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