Medication - FHIR v0.0.82

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4.8.5 Resource Medication - Formal Definitions

Formal definitions for the elements in the Medication resource.

Medication
Definition	Primarily used for identification and definition of Medication, but also covers ingredients and packaging.
Control	1..1
Medication.name
Definition	The common/commercial name of the medication absent information such as strength, form, etc. E.g. Acetaminophen, Tylenol 3, etc. The fully coordinated name is communicated as the display of Medication.code.
Control	0..1
Type	string
Summary	true
Medication.code
Definition	A code (or set of codes) that identify this medication. Usage note: This could be a standard drug code such as a drug regulator code, RxNorm code, SNOMED CT code, etc. It could also be a local formulary code, optionally with translations to the standard drug codes.
Control	0..1
Binding	MedicationFormalRepresentation: (See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/medication-codes)
Type	CodeableConcept
Summary	true
Comments	When defining a medication, the code is the "identifying" code for the medication. All the codings provided should be at the same level in the hierarchy (generic, formulation, generic strength, etc.). Codes that relate the medication across the hierarchy should be conveyed using the relationships inherent in Medication.package and Medication.product.
Medication.isBrand
Definition	Set to true if the item is attributable to a specific manufacturer (even if we don't know who that is).
Control	0..1
Type	boolean
Summary	true
Medication.manufacturer
Definition	Describes the details of the manufacturer.
Control	0..1
Type	Resource(Organization)
Summary	true
Medication.kind
Definition	Medications are either a single administrable product or a package that contains one or more products.
Control	0..1
Binding	MedicationKind: Whether the medication is a product or a package (see http://hl7.org/fhir/medication-kind for values)
Type	code
Summary	true
Medication.product
Definition	Information that only applies to products (not packages).
Control	0..1
Medication.product.form
Definition	Describes the form of the item. Powder; tables; carton.
Control	0..1
Binding	MedicationForm: (See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/medication-form-codes)
Type	CodeableConcept
Medication.product.ingredient
Definition	Identifies a particular constituent of interest in the product.
Control	0..*
Comments	The ingredients need not be a complete list; usually only active ingredients are listed.
To Do	Should have an indicator distinguishing active & inactive.
Medication.product.ingredient.item
Definition	The actual ingredient - either a substance (simple ingredient) or another medication.
Control	1..1
Type	Resource(Substance \| Medication)
Medication.product.ingredient.amount
Definition	Specifies how many (or how much) of the items there are in this Medication. E.g. 250 mg per tablet.
Control	0..1
Type	Ratio
Medication.package
Definition	Information that only applies to packages (not products).
Control	0..1
Medication.package.container
Definition	The kind of container that this package comes as.
Control	0..1
Binding	MedicationContainer: (See http://hl7.org/fhir/vs/medication-package-form-codes)
Type	CodeableConcept
Medication.package.content
Definition	A set of components that go to make up the described item.
Control	0..*
Medication.package.content.item
Definition	Identifies one of the items in the package.
Control	1..1
Type	Resource(Medication)
Medication.package.content.amount
Definition	The amount of the product that is in the package.
Control	0..1
Type	Quantity