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Medicationrequest0315.json

Example MedicationRequest/medrx0315 (JSON)

Maturity Level : N/A
Responsible Owner: Pharmacy Work Group Ballot Standards Status : Informative Compartments : Encounter , Group , Patient , Practitioner

Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )

Order Request for an injectable medication - Lorazepam - active - with link to encounter, reasonCode and dosageInstruction

{
  "resourceType": "MedicationRequest",
  "id": "medrx0315",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: medrx0315</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>identifier</b>: 12345689 (OFFICIAL)</p><p><b>status</b>: active</p><p><b>intent</b>: order</p><p><b>medication</b>: id: med0313; Lorazepam 2mg/ml injection solution 1ml vial (product) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '400621001' = 'Lorazepam 2mg/mL injection solution 1mL vial', given as 'Lorazepam 2mg/ml injection solution 1ml vial (product)'})</span>; Injection solution (qualifier value) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '385219001' = 'Injection solution', given as 'Injection solution (qualifier value)'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Donald Duck</a></p><p><b>context</b>: <a>encounter who leads to this prescription</a></p><p><b>authoredOn</b>: 15/01/2015</p><h3>Requesters</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Agent</b></td><td><b>OnBehalfOf</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Patrick Pump</a></td><td><a>Organization/f002</a></td></tr></table><p><b>reasonCode</b>: Epilepsy (disorder) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '84757009' = 'Epilepsy', given as 'Epilepsy (disorder)'})</span></p><p><b>dosageInstruction</b>: </p></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Medication",
      "id": "med0313",
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "400621001",
            "display": "Lorazepam 2mg/ml injection solution 1ml vial (product)"
          }
        ]
      },
      "isBrand": false,
      "form": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "385219001",
            "display": "Injection solution (qualifier value)"
          }
        ]

  "resourceType" : "MedicationRequest",
  "id" : "medrx0315",
  "contained" : [{
    "resourceType" : "Medication",
    "id" : "med0313",
    "code" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "400621001",
        "display" : "Lorazepam 2mg/ml injection solution 1ml vial (product)"
      }]
    },
    "doseForm" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "385219001",
        "display" : "Solution for injection"
      }]
    },
    "ingredient" : [{
      "item" : {
        "concept" : {
          "coding" : [{
            "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code" : "387106007",
            "display" : "Lorazepam (substance)"
          }]
        }

      },
      "ingredient": [
        {
          "itemCodeableConcept": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
                "code": "387106007",
                "display": "Lorazepam (substance)"
              }
            ]
          },
          "amount": {
            "numerator": {
              "value": 2,
              "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
              "code": "mg"
            },
            "denominator": {
              "value": 1,
              "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
              "code": "mL"
            }
          }

      "strengthRatio" : {
        "numerator" : {
          "value" : 2,
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg"
        },
        "denominator" : {
          "value" : 1,
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mL"

        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "identifier": [
    {
      "use": "official",
      "system": "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
      "value": "12345689"

      }
    }]
  }],
  "identifier" : [{
    "use" : "official",
    "system" : "http://www.bmc.nl/portal/prescriptions",
    "value" : "12345689"
  }],
  "status" : "active",
  "intent" : "order",
  "medication" : {
    "reference" : {
      "reference" : "#med0313"

    }
  ],
  "status": "active",
  "intent": "order",
  "medicationReference": {
    "reference": "#med0313"

  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/pat1",
    "display": "Donald Duck"

  "subject" : {
    "reference" : "Patient/pat1",
    "display" : "Donald Duck"

  },
  "context": {
    "reference": "Encounter/f001",
    "display": "encounter who leads to this prescription"

  "encounter" : {
    "reference" : "Encounter/f001",
    "display" : "encounter who leads to this prescription"

  },
  "authoredOn": "2015-01-15",
  "requester": {
    "agent": {
      "reference": "Practitioner/f007",
      "display": "Patrick Pump"
    },
    "onBehalfOf": {
      "reference": "Organization/f002"
    }

  "authoredOn" : "2015-01-15",
  "requester" : {
    "reference" : "Practitioner/f007",
    "display" : "Patrick Pump"

  },
  "reasonCode": [
    {
      "coding": [
        {
          "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
          "code": "84757009",
          "display": "Epilepsy (disorder)"
        }
      ]

  "reason" : [{
    "concept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "84757009",
        "display" : "Epilepsy (disorder)"
      }]

    }
  ],
  "dosageInstruction": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "text": "0.05 - 0.1mg/kg IV over 2-5 minutes every 15 minutes as needed",
      "timing": {
        "repeat": {
          "frequency": 1,
          "period": 15,
          "periodUnit": "min"
        }
      },
      "asNeededBoolean": true,
      "route": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "255560000",
            "display": "Intravenous"
          }
        ]
      },
      "method": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "420620005",
            "display": "Push - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
          }
        ]

  }],
  "dosageInstruction" : [{
    "sequence" : 1,
    "text" : "0.05 - 0.1mg/kg IV over 2-5 minutes every 15 minutes as needed",
    "timing" : {
      "repeat" : {
        "frequency" : 1,
        "period" : 15,
        "periodUnit" : "min"
      }
    },
    "asNeeded" : true,
    "route" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "255560000",
        "display" : "Intravenous"
      }]
    },
    "method" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
        "code" : "420620005",
        "display" : "Push - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
      }]
    },
    "doseAndRate" : [{
      "type" : {
        "coding" : [{
          "system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
          "code" : "ordered",
          "display" : "Ordered"
        }]

      },
      "doseRange": {
        "low": {
          "value": 0.05,
          "unit": "mg/kg",
          "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code": "mg/kg"

      "doseRange" : {
        "low" : {
          "value" : 0.05,
          "unit" : "mg/kg",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg/kg"

        },
        "high": {
          "value": 0.1,
          "unit": "mg/kg",
          "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code": "mg/kg"

        "high" : {
          "value" : 0.1,
          "unit" : "mg/kg",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "mg/kg"

        }
      },
      "rateRange": {
        "low": {
          "value": 2,
          "unit": "min",
          "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code": "min"

      "rateRange" : {
        "low" : {
          "value" : 2,
          "unit" : "min",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "min"

        },
        "high": {
          "value": 5,
          "unit": "min",
          "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code": "min"

        "high" : {
          "value" : 5,
          "unit" : "min",
          "system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
          "code" : "min"

        }
      }
    }
  ]

    }]
  }]

}

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.