Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) Implementation Guide

Profiles

A FHIR Profile is a specification that adds constraints or extensions to a base FHIR resource to adapt it for specific use cases or regulatory requirements.

Profiles Provider System Consumer System Implementation Notes
NHSDigital-MedicationRequest Prescribing Dispensing A request to dispense a prescription medication item by a pharmacy, for a patient.
NHSDigital-CommunicationRequest Prescribing Dispensing Information for the patient that does not related to the prescribed medication.
UKCore-List Prescribing Dispensing Optionally used when an EPS prescription-order message includes patient communications within a NHSDigital-CommunicationRequest resource.
NHSDigital-Patient All All Patient details.
NHSDigital-PractitionerRole All All A practitioner working in a role for an organisation.
NHSDigital-Practitioner All All Clinical practitioner.
NHSDigital-Organization All All Organisation.
NHSDigital-MedicationDispense Dispensing EPS Only used by EPS dispensing systems. The EPS implementation requires the use of contained resources within this resource.
NHSDigital-Claim Dispensing EPS Only used by EPS dispensing systems. The EPS implementation requires the use of contained resources within this resource.
NHSDigital-Task Dispensing EPS Only used by EPS dispensing systems for withdraw and return processes.

Profiles used by the EPS defined externally within the NHS England FHIR Implementation Guide.

Profiles Provider System Consumer System Implementation Notes
NHSDigital-MessageHeader All All Required for all FHIR Messages using Bundles
NHSDigital-Provenance Prescribing Dispensing Includes the Advanced Elecrtronic Signature applied to a prescription
NHSDigital-OperationOutcome All All Resource containing error information
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