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| Pharmacy Work Group | Maturity Level: N/A | Standards Status: Informative | Compartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson |
Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)
Patient reports that they are taking the "little pink pill"
{
"resourceType": "MedicationUsage",
"id": "example003",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><div><p>Resource "example003" </p></div><p><b>status</b>: recorded</p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> "Donald DUCK"</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-02-01</p><p><b>dateAsserted</b>: 2014-02-22</p><p><b>informationSource</b>: <a>Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> "Donald DUCK"</p><p><b>note</b>: Patient cannot remember the name of the tablet, but takes it every day in the morning for water retention</p></div>"
},
"status": "recorded",
"medication": {
"concept": {
"text": "Little Pink Pill for water retention"
}
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/pat1",
"display": "Donald Duck"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2014-02-01",
"dateAsserted": "2014-02-22",
"informationSource": {
"reference": "Patient/pat1",
"display": "Donald Duck"
},
"reason": [
{
"reference": {
"reference": "Observation/blood-pressure"
}
}
],
"note": [
{
"text": "Patient cannot remember the name of the tablet, but takes it every day in the morning for water retention"
}
],
"dosage": [
{
"sequence": 1,
"text": "1 tablet per day",
"asNeededBoolean": false,
"route": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "260548002",
"display": "Oral"
}
]
},
"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"
}
}
],
"maxDosePerPeriod": {
"numerator": {
"value": 1
},
"denominator": {
"value": 1,
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "d"
}
}
}
]
}
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.