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| Orders and Observations  Work Group | Maturity Level: 1 | Trial Use | Security Category: Patient | Compartments: Patient, Practitioner | 
Detailed Descriptions for the elements in the SupplyDelivery resource.
| SupplyDelivery | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery | 
| Definition | Record of delivery of what is supplied. | 
| Short Display | Delivery of bulk Supplies | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | DomainResource | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.identifier | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.identifier | 
| Definition | Identifier for the supply delivery event that is used to identify it across multiple disparate systems. | 
| Short Display | External identifier | 
| Note | This is a business identifier, not a resource identifier (see discussion) | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Identifier | 
| Summary | false | 
| Comments | This identifier is typically assigned by the supplier, and may be used to reference the delivery when exchanging information about it with other systems. | 
| SupplyDelivery.basedOn | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.basedOn | 
| Definition | A plan, proposal or order that is fulfilled in whole or in part by this event. | 
| Short Display | Fulfills plan, proposal or order | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Reference(SupplyRequest) | 
| Requirements | Allows tracing of authorization for the event and tracking whether proposals/recommendations were acted upon. | 
| Summary | true | 
| SupplyDelivery.partOf | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.partOf | 
| Definition | A larger event of which this particular event is a component or step. | 
| Short Display | Part of referenced event | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Reference(SupplyDelivery | Contract) | 
| Hierarchy | This reference is part of a strict Hierarchy | 
| Requirements | E.g. Drug administration as part of a procedure, procedure as part of observation, etc. | 
| Summary | true | 
| Comments | Not to be used to link an event to an Encounter - use Event.context for that. [The allowed reference resources may be adjusted as appropriate for the event resource]. | 
| SupplyDelivery.status | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.status | 
| Definition | A code specifying the state of the dispense event. | 
| Short Display | in-progress | completed | abandoned | entered-in-error | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Supply Delivery Status (Required) | 
| Type | code | 
| Is Modifier | true (Reason: This element is labelled as a modifier because it is a status element that contains status entered-in-error which means that the resource should not be treated as valid) | 
| Summary | true | 
| Comments | This element is labeled as a modifier because the status contains codes that mark the resource as not currently valid. | 
| SupplyDelivery.patient | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.patient | 
| Definition | A link to a resource representing the person whom the delivered item is for. | 
| Short Display | Patient for whom the item is supplied | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Patient) | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.type | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.type | 
| Definition | Indicates the type of supply being provided. Examples include: Medication, Device, Biologically Derived Product. | 
| Short Display | Category of supply event | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Supply Delivery Supply Item Type (Required) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem | 
| Definition | The item that is being delivered or has been supplied. | 
| Short Display | The item that is delivered or supplied | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem.quantity | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem.quantity | 
| Definition | The amount of the item that has been supplied. Unit of measure may be included. | 
| Short Display | Amount supplied | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | SimpleQuantity | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem.item[x] | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.suppliedItem.item[x] | 
| Definition | Identifies the medication, substance, device or biologically derived product being supplied. This is either a link to a resource representing the details of the item or a code that identifies the item from a known list. | 
| Short Display | Medication, Substance, Device or Biologically Derived Product supplied | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Terminology Binding | Supply Delivery Supply Item Type (Example) | 
| Type | CodeableConcept|Reference(Medication | Substance | Device | BiologicallyDerivedProduct | NutritionProduct | InventoryItem) | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Datatypes for further information about how to use [x] | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.occurrence[x] | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.occurrence[x] | 
| Definition | The date or time(s) the activity occurred. | 
| Short Display | When event occurred | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | dateTime|Period|Timing | 
| [x] Note | See Choice of Datatypes for further information about how to use [x] | 
| Summary | true | 
| Comments | [The list of types may be constrained as appropriate for the type of event]. | 
| SupplyDelivery.supplier | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.supplier | 
| Definition | The individual or organization responsible for supplying the delivery. | 
| Short Display | The item supplier | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization) | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.destination | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.destination | 
| Definition | Identification of the facility/location where the delivery was shipped to. | 
| Short Display | Where the delivery was sent | 
| Cardinality | 0..1 | 
| Type | Reference(Location) | 
| Summary | false | 
| SupplyDelivery.receiver | |
| Element Id | SupplyDelivery.receiver | 
| Definition | Identifies the individual or organization that received the delivery. | 
| Short Display | Who received the delivery | 
| Cardinality | 0..* | 
| Type | Reference(Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Organization) | 
| Summary | false |