Release 5

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Example MedicationStatement/example003 (JSON)

Pharmacy Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: InformativeCompartments: Encounter, Patient, Practitioner, RelatedPerson

Raw JSON (canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification)

Patient reports that they are taking the "little pink pill"

{
  "resourceType" : "MedicationStatement",
  "id" : "example003",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative: MedicationStatement</b><a name=\"example003\"> </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 MedicationStatement &quot;example003&quot; </p></div><p><b>status</b>: recorded</p><h3>Medications</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Concept</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td>Little Pink Pill for water retention <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> ()</span></td></tr></table><p><b>subject</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-a.html\">Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> &quot;Donald DUCK&quot;</p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-02-01</p><p><b>dateAsserted</b>: 2014-02-22</p><p><b>informationSource</b>: <a href=\"patient-example-a.html\">Patient/pat1: Donald Duck</a> &quot;Donald DUCK&quot;</p><h3>Reasons</h3><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a href=\"observation-example-bloodpressure.html\">Observation/blood-pressure</a></td></tr></table><p><b>note</b>: Patient cannot remember the name of the tablet, but takes it every day in the morning for water retention</p><blockquote><p><b>dosage</b></p><p><b>sequence</b>: 1</p><p><b>text</b>: 1 tablet per day</p><p><b>asNeeded</b>: false</p><p><b>route</b>: Oral <span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow; margin: 4px; border: 1px solid khaki\"> (<a href=\"https://browser.ihtsdotools.org/\">SNOMED CT</a>#260548002)</span></p><blockquote><p><b>doseAndRate</b></p></blockquote><p><b>maxDosePerPeriod</b>: 1/1 d<span style=\"background: LightGoldenRodYellow\"> (Details: UCUM code d = 'd')</span></p></blockquote></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",
    "asNeeded" : 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.