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| Pharmacy Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
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</b></p><div><p>Resource "medrx0311" </p></div><p><b>identifier</b>: id: 12345689 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>intent</b>: order</p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> "Donald DUCK"</p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>Encounter/f001: encounter who leads to this prescription</a></p><p><b>authoredOn</b>: 2015-01-15</p><p><b>requester</b>: <a>Practitioner/f007: Patrick Pump</a> "Simone HEPS"</p><p><b>note</b>: Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning</p><blockquote><p><b>dose</b></p></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> (Details: http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = 'Tablet')</span></p></blockquote><h3>Substitutions</h3><table><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> (<a>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"
}
]
}
}
}
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.