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| Responsible Owner: Pharmacy Work Group |
|
Compartments : Encounter , Group , Patient , Practitioner |
Raw JSON ( canonical form + also see JSON Format Specification )
Order
Request
for
Intravenous
Antibiotic
-
Vancomycin
-
active
-
with
link
to
encounter,
reasonCode,
and
note
{
"resourceType": "MedicationRequest",
"id": "medrx0318",
"text": {
"status": "generated",
"div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: medrx0318</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: med0301; Vancomycin Hydrochloride (VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE) <span>(Details : {http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ndc code '0069-2587-10' = '0069-2587-10', given as 'Vancomycin Hydrochloride (VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE)'})</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>: Traveller's Diarrhea (disorder) <span>(Details : {SNOMED CT code '11840006' = 'Traveler's diarrhea', given as 'Traveller's Diarrhea (disorder)'})</span></p><p><b>note</b>: culture expected back in 12 hours - may switch depending on results</p><p><b>dosageInstruction</b>: </p></div>"
},
"contained": [
{
"resourceType": "Medication",
"id": "med0301",
"code": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ndc",
"code": "0069-2587-10",
"display": "Vancomycin Hydrochloride (VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE)"
}
]
}
"resourceType" : "MedicationRequest",
"id" : "medrx0318",
"contained" : [{
"resourceType" : "Medication",
"id" : "med0301",
"code" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/ndc",
"code" : "0409-6531-02",
"display" : "Vancomycin Hydrochloride, 10 VIAL in 1 TRAY (0409-6531-02) > 1 INJECTION, POWDER, LYOPHILIZED, FOR SOLUTION in 1 VIAL (0409-6531-12) (package)"
}],
"text" : "Vancomycin Hydrochloride (VANCOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE)"
}
],
"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" : "#med0301"
}
],
"status": "active",
"intent": "order",
"medicationReference": {
"reference": "#med0301"
},
"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": "11840006",
"display": "Traveller's Diarrhea (disorder)"
}
]
}
],
"note": [
{
"text": "culture expected back in 12 hours - may switch depending on results"
"reason" : [{
"concept" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "11840006",
"display" : "Traveler's diarrhea (disorder)"
}]
}
],
"dosageInstruction": [
{
"sequence": 1,
"text": "500mg IV q6h x 3 days",
"timing": {
"repeat": {
"frequency": 1,
"period": 6,
"periodUnit": "h"
}],
"note" : [{
"text" : "culture expected back in 12 hours - may switch depending on results"
}],
"dosageInstruction" : {
"simple" : {
"text" : "500mg IV q6h x 3 days",
"timing" : {
"event" : ["2020-01-01"],
"repeat" : {
"boundsPeriod" : {
"start" : "2020-01-01",
"end" : "2020-01-10"
},
"frequency" : 1,
"period" : 6,
"periodUnit" : "h"
}
},
"route": {
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code": "255560000",
"display": "Intravenous"
}
]
"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)"
}
]
"method" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://snomed.info/sct",
"code" : "420620005",
"display" : "Push - dosing instruction imperative (qualifier value)"
}]
},
"doseQuantity": {
"value": 500,
"unit": "mg",
"system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code": "mg"
}
"doseAndRate" : [{
"type" : {
"coding" : [{
"system" : "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
"code" : "ordered",
"display" : "Ordered"
}]
},
"doseQuantity" : {
"value" : 500,
"unit" : "mg",
"system" : "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
"code" : "mg"
}
}]
}
]
}
}
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.
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