Medication

ResourceClinical · MedicationsTrial useMaturity 3

This resource is primarily used for the identification and definition of a medication for the purposes of prescribing, dispensing, and administering a medication as well as for making statements about medication use.

StructureSearch parametersHL7 specificationStructureDefinition JSON

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Backends

PostgreSQLElasticsearch

Interactions

CreateReadUpdatePatchDelete

Search

9 of 9 parameters tested

Structure

Show inherited elements (14)

Element	Card.	Type	Description
identifierΣ	0..*	Identifier	Business identifier for this medication
codeΣ	0..1	CodeableConcept	Codes that identify this medicationBinding (example): medication-codes
status?!Σ	0..1	code	active | inactive | entered-in-errorBinding (required): medication-status
manufacturerΣ	0..1	Reference(Organization)	Manufacturer of the item
form	0..1	CodeableConcept	powder | tablets | capsule +Binding (example): medication-form-codes
amountΣ	0..1	Ratio	Amount of drug in package
ingredient	0..*	BackboneElement	Active or inactive ingredient
item[x]Required	1..1	CodeableConcept | Reference(Substance | Medication)	The actual ingredient or content
isActive	0..1	boolean	Active ingredient indicator
strength	0..1	Ratio	Quantity of ingredient present
batch	0..1	BackboneElement	Details about packaged medications
lotNumber	0..1	string	Identifier assigned to batch
expirationDate	0..1	dateTime	When batch will expire

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Search parameters

Query with GET [base]/Medication?[parameter]=[value]. Type decides which modifiers and prefixes apply, see search features.

Parameter	Type	Description	PG	ES
code	token	Returns medications for a specific code Medication.code
expiration-date	date	Returns medications in a batch with this expiration date Medication.batch.expirationDate
form	token	Returns medications for a specific dose form Medication.form
identifier	token	Returns medications with this external identifier Medication.identifier
ingredient	reference	Returns medications for this ingredient reference (Medication.ingredient.item.ofType(Reference))
ingredient-code	token	Returns medications for this ingredient code (Medication.ingredient.item.ofType(CodeableConcept))
lot-number	token	Returns medications in a batch with this lot number Medication.batch.lotNumber
manufacturer	reference	Returns medications made or sold for this manufacturer Medication.manufacturer
status	token	Returns medications for this status Medication.status

PG: PostgreSQL, ES: Elasticsearch. passes its TestScript checks, fails, not tested yet.

Common parameters on every resource (8)

_haste-health-author	reference	The author of the resource
_id	token	Logical id of this artifact
_lastUpdated	date	When the resource version last changed
_profile	uri	Profiles this resource claims to conform to
_security	token	Security Labels applied to this resource
_source	uri	Identifies where the resource comes from
_tag	token	Tags applied to this resource
_type	token	Derived from the R4B Definition