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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)
Care Giver reports that the Patient took Amoxicillin
{
"resourceType": "MedicationUsage",
"id": "example006",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative</b></p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><h3>Medications</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Donald Duck. Generated Summary: Medical record number: 654321 (USUAL); active; Duck Donald (OFFICIAL); gender: male</a></p><p><b>effective</b>: 2014-02-01</p><p><b>dateAsserted</b>: 2014-02-22</p><p><b>informationSource</b>: <a>Peter Chalmers. Generated Summary: <span>Emergency Contact</span>; Peter James Chalmers (OFFICIAL); Phone: (03) 5555 6473; gender: male; period: 2012-03-11 --> (ongoing)</a></p><p><b>note</b>: Father indicates they miss the occasional dose</p><h3>Dosages</h3><table><tr><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>*</td></tr></table></div>"
},
"status": "completed",
"medication": {
"concept": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "27658006",
"display": "Amoxicillin (product)"
}
]
}
},
"subject": {
"reference": "Patient/pat1",
"display": "Donald Duck"
},
"effectiveDateTime": "2014-02-01",
"dateAsserted": "2014-02-22",
"informationSource": {
"reference": "RelatedPerson/peter",
"display": "Peter Chalmers"
},
"note": [
{
"text": "Father indicates they miss the occasional dose"
}
],
"dosage": [
{
"sequence": 1,
"text": "5ml three times daily",
"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": 5,
"unit": "mL",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "mL"
}
}
],
"maxDosePerPeriod": {
"numerator": {
"value": 3
},
"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.