Please note: This guidance has been superseded by the Implementation guide for digitial medicines, which contains up-to-date information.
Intended use-case
It is believed that the MedicationStatement resource will be a useful conduit to transmit a snapshot of medication information between systems - such as an Integrated Care Record.
Potential benefits:
allow real-time transmission of medication data
make medication reconciliation easier
reduce the need for manual medication transcription
It will not:
be a suitable replacement for the electronic discharge summary process
necessarily provide the source-data for the resource (e.g. the request / dispense / administration etc)