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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 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>intent</b>: order</p><p><b>medication</b>: id: med0316; Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '317935006' = 'Chlortalidone 50mg tablet', given as 'Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (product)'})</span>; Tablet dose form (qualifier value) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '385055001' = 'Tablet', given as 'Tablet dose form (qualifier value)'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Donald Duck</a></p><p><b>encounter</b>: <a>encounter who leads to this prescription</a></p><p><b>authoredOn</b>: 15/01/2015</p><p><b>requester</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><p><b>dosageInstruction</b>: </p><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://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-orderableDrugForm code TAB = 'Tablet')</span></td><td>30 days<span> (Details: UCUM code d = 'd')</span></td></tr></table><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>(Details : {http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/v3-ActReason code 'CT' = 'continuing therapy', given as 'continuing therapy'})</span></td></tr></table></div>" }, "contained": [ { "resourceType": "Medication", "id": "med0316", "code": { "coding": [ { "system": "http://snomed.info/sct", "code": "317935006", "display": "Chlorthalidone 50mg tablet (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", "intent": "order", "medicationReference": { "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" }, "reasonReference": [ { "reference": "Condition/f201", "display": "condition for prescribing this medication" } ], "note": [ { "text": "Chlorthalidone increases urniation so take it in the morning" } ], "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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