MedicationRequest

The US Core Medication Request (Order) Profile is based upon the core FHIR MedicationRequest Resource and created to meet the 2015 Edition Common Clinical Data Set 'Medications' requirements.

= Must Support, = Is Modifier, = QiCore defined extension

Field	Card.	Type	Description
status	1..1	String	A code specifying the current state of the order. Generally, this will be active or completed state. Binding: A code specifying the state of the prescribing event. Describes the lifecycle of the prescription. (required)
intent	1..1	String	Whether the request is a proposal, plan, or an original order. Binding: The kind of medication order. (required)
category	0..*	List<Concept>	Indicates the type of medication request (for example, where the medication is expected to be consumed or administered (i.e. inpatient or outpatient)). Binding: A coded concept identifying the category of medication request. For example, where the medication is to be consumed or administered, or the type of medication treatment. (example)
doNotPerform	0..1	Boolean	If true indicates that the provider is asking for the medication request not to occur.
medication[x]	1..1	Concept | Medication	Identifies the medication being requested. This is a link to a resource that represents the medication which may be the details of the medication or simply an attribute carrying a code that identifies the medication from a known list of medications. Binding: The set of RxNorm codes to represent medications (preferred)
subject	1..1	Patient	A link to a resource representing the person or set of individuals to whom the medication will be given.
encounter	0..1	Encounter	The Encounter during which this [x] was created or to which the creation of this record is tightly associated.
authoredOn	1..1	DateTime	The date (and perhaps time) when the prescription was initially written or authored on.
requester	1..1	Practitioner | PractitionerRole | Patient | RelatedPerson | Organization | Device	The individual, organization, or device that initiated the request and has responsibility for its activation.
recorder	0..1	Practitioner | PractitionerRole	The person who entered the order on behalf of another individual for example in the case of a verbal or a telephone order.
reasonCode	0..*	List<Concept>	The reason or the indication for ordering or not ordering the medication. Binding: The reason code for the presecription (preferred)
dosageInstruction	0..*	List<Dosage>	Indicates how the medication is to be used by the patient.
doseType	0..1	Extension	An Extension Binding: Medication dose types (e.g., loading, maintenance, etc.) (preferred)
infuseOver	0..1	Extension	An Extension
rateIncrement	0..1	Extension	An Extension
rateIncrementInterval	0..1	Extension	An Extension
rateGoal	0..1	Extension	An Extension
minDosePerPeriod	0..1	Extension	An Extension
maxDeliveryRate	0..1	Extension	An Extension
maxDeliveryVolume	0..1	Extension	An Extension
dispenseRequest	0..1	dispenseRequest	Indicates the specific details for the dispense or medication supply part of a medication request (also known as a Medication Prescription or Medication Order). Note that this information is not always sent with the order. There may be in some settings (e.g. hospitals) institutional or system support for completing the dispense details in the pharmacy department.