Please note: This guidance has been superseded by the Implementation guide for digitial medicines, which contains up-to-date information.
Element: supportingInformation
Recommendation: optional for an MVP implemementation.
Can reference any number of FHIR resources and if implemented, some examples of use include:
- Reference an Observation resource to share data like the patient’s height and weight.
- Reference a Condition resource to share a patient’s condition if this influences the pharmacy dispensing process. For example; 105502003 Dependence on renal dialysis (finding) or 46177005 End stage renal disease (disorder) would justify an unusual dosage on a prescription.
- Reference an AllergyIntolorance resource to share a patient’s allergy to make it clear why certain medication is being requested. For example, a Penicillin allergy.
- Reference a CarePlan resource where medication dispensing is considered as part of a specific treatment regimen. For example, care plans for stroke patients.
Element: identifier
Use if a local implementation requires bespoke identifiers to track medication requests between the ePMA and pharmacy systems.
This will allow x-referencing for a med request to be unq identified within a pharmacy system, and this is the id that you use when refencing a med request within a med dispense. This is fundamental to the cross referencing.