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Extension: Patient preferred pharmacy

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferredPharmacy Version: 5.2.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 0 Responsible: HL7 International / Patient Administration Computable Name: PatientPreferredPharmacy

The pharmacies that are preferred for dispensing prescribed medications. A patient might prefer their local pharmacy. A provider in a given practice may prefer a pharmacy near their clinic. Or facilities may have a preference to use an in-house pharmacy. These preferences may be represented using this extension on several resource types, and are expected to be inputs into a process that determines which pharmacy is ultimately used to dispense a medication. That process may include considering drug formularies, pharmacy operating hours, pharmacy inventory, practitioner preferences, patient preferences, etc.

Context of Use

This extension may be used on the following element(s):

Usage info

Usage:

  • This Extension is not used by any profiles in this Implementation Guide

Changes since version 1.0.0:

  • New Content

    • Formal Views of Extension Content

    Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots, and how the XML and JSON presentations work.

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Complex Extension: The pharmacies that are preferred for dispensing prescribed medications. A patient might prefer their local pharmacy. A provider in a given practice may prefer a pharmacy near their clinic. Or facilities may have a preference to use an in-house pharmacy. These preferences may be represented using this extension on several resource types, and are expected to be inputs into a process that determines which pharmacy is ultimately used to dispense a medication. That process may include considering drug formularies, pharmacy operating hours, pharmacy inventory, practitioner preferences, patient preferences, etc.

    • pharmacy: Reference: The pharmacy that is preferred for dispensing prescribed medications.
    • type: CodeableConcept: Identifies the categories of medications for which this pharmacy is preferred.

    Maturity: 0

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Patient's preferred pharmacy
    ... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
    .... extension:pharmacy 1..1 Extension Preferred pharmacy for dispensing prescribed medications
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "pharmacy"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    .... extension:type 1..1 Extension Category of pharmacy
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "type"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
    Binding Description (No ValueSet): (example): Category of medications dispensed by the pharmacy.

    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferredPharmacy"
    ... value[x] 0..0

    doco Documentation for this format
    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Patient's preferred pharmacy
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... Slices for extension 2..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    .... extension:pharmacy 1..1 Extension Preferred pharmacy for dispensing prescribed medications
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "pharmacy"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    .... extension:type 1..1 Extension Category of pharmacy
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "type"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
    Binding Description (No ValueSet): (example): Category of medications dispensed by the pharmacy.

    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferredPharmacy"

    doco Documentation for this format

    This structure is derived from Extension

    Summary

    Complex Extension: The pharmacies that are preferred for dispensing prescribed medications. A patient might prefer their local pharmacy. A provider in a given practice may prefer a pharmacy near their clinic. Or facilities may have a preference to use an in-house pharmacy. These preferences may be represented using this extension on several resource types, and are expected to be inputs into a process that determines which pharmacy is ultimately used to dispense a medication. That process may include considering drug formularies, pharmacy operating hours, pharmacy inventory, practitioner preferences, patient preferences, etc.

    • pharmacy: Reference: The pharmacy that is preferred for dispensing prescribed medications.
    • type: CodeableConcept: Identifies the categories of medications for which this pharmacy is preferred.

    Maturity: 0

    Differential View

    This structure is derived from Extension

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Patient's preferred pharmacy
    ... Slices for extension Content/Rules for all slices
    .... extension:pharmacy 1..1 Extension Preferred pharmacy for dispensing prescribed medications
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "pharmacy"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    .... extension:type 1..1 Extension Category of pharmacy
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "type"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
    Binding Description (No ValueSet): (example): Category of medications dispensed by the pharmacy.

    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferredPharmacy"
    ... value[x] 0..0

    doco Documentation for this format

    Snapshot View

    NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
    .. Extension 0..* Extension Patient's preferred pharmacy
    ... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ... Slices for extension 2..* Extension Additional content defined by implementations
    Slice: Unordered, Open by value:url
    .... extension:pharmacy 1..1 Extension Preferred pharmacy for dispensing prescribed medications
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "pharmacy"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 Reference(Organization) Value of extension
    .... extension:type 1..1 Extension Category of pharmacy
    ..... id 0..1 id Unique id for inter-element referencing
    ..... extension 0..0
    ..... url 1..1 uri "type"
    ..... value[x] 1..1 CodeableConcept Value of extension
    Binding Description (No ValueSet): (example): Category of medications dispensed by the pharmacy.

    ... url 1..1 uri "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/patient-preferredPharmacy"

    doco Documentation for this format

     

    Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

    Terminology Bindings

    PathConformanceValueSetURI
    Extension.extension:type.value[x]example

    Constraints

    IdGradePath(s)DetailsRequirements
    ele-1error**ALL** elementsAll FHIR elements must have a @value or children
    : hasValue() or (children().count() > id.count())
    ext-1error**ALL** extensionsMust have either extensions or value[x], not both
    : extension.exists() != value.exists()

    Search Parameters for this Extension

    (none found)