Requirements

Scope for FHIRSTACK

• Milestone#1: allows prescriptions of Active Components (Generics) from a Practitioner to a Patient

  • Standard FHIR API Medication Service which returns the ATC catalog of single substances
  • upload all the single substances into FHIR Server (excluding composed substances)
  • support retrieval of all substances by using complete ATC code or entering first three (3) characters or Substance name
  • support Ingestion of Medication Request into FHIR Server
  • support retrieval of all medication prescriptions by Patient or Practitioner
  • provide API Contract for the Medication Service
  • "/" - ATC substance name need to be filtered from ATC catalog (this denotes combined substances)

• Milestone#2 : Active component families. Allows to search generics which are part of an specific family

  • support search with class level and provide all the active substance level for that family
  • support search all active medication prescriptions for specific patient.
  • support search with substance name or substance class

• Milestone#3 : Commercial available medication brands (per country). Brands are compositions of Active Components in a specific form (tablet, powder), and composition (strength)

  • Client module able to search with brand name and retrieval of relevant branded medications
  • Client module able to search with active substance level and retrieve all the substances: (TBC – only substances to be returned)
  • Client module able to search with active substance level and retrieve all the medication related to that substance.

Data Points for Milestone #1

Data Point	Description	FHIR Resource & Element	Remarks	FHIR Sample
Substance	Details of a material with a definite composition used in medicines	Substance	In Milestone #1 the scope is to only store simple substances with ATC codes	Sample
Medication	Definition of a medication for the purposes of prescribing	Medication	In Milestone #1 the scope is to only save a dummy Medication for each substance ingested so that it can be refernced in the MedicationRequest	Sample
Medication Request	An order or request for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medication to a patient	MedicationRequest	The scope is to store the details of the prescription along with a reference to the medication and dosage instructions	Sample
Patient	Patient with diabetes to whom the medication is prescribed	Patient		Sample
Practitioner	Practitioner who prescribes the medication	Practitioner		Sample