Supply orders and deliveries are simple Acts that focus on the delivered product. The product is associated with the Supply Act via Participation.typeCode="product". With general Supply Acts, the precise identification of the Material (manufacturer, serial numbers, etc.) is important. Most of the detailed information about the Supply should be represented using the Material class. If delivery needs to be scheduled, tracked, and billed separately, one can associate a Transportation Act with the Supply Act. Pharmacy dispense services are represented as Supply Acts, associated with a SubstanceAdministration Act. The SubstanceAdministration class represents the administration of medication, while dispensing is supply.

Diet services are supply services, with some aspects resembling Medication services: the detail of the diet is given as a description of the Material associated via Participation.typeCode="product". Medically relevant diet types may be communicated in the Diet.code attribute using domain ActDietCode, however, the detail of the food supplied and the various combinations of dishes should be communicated as Material instances.

Deprecation Note

Class: Use either the Supply class (if dealing with what should be given to the patient) or SubstanceAdministration class (if dealing with what the patient should consume)

energyQuantity: This quantity can be conveyed by using a Content relationship with a quantity attribute expressing the calories

**carbohydrateQuantity:**This quantity can be conveyed using a Content relationship to an Entity with a code of carbohydrate and a quantity attribute on the content relationship.