Retrieving a prescription

Thanks to the provided API, with a single call, it is possible to retrieve the initial prescription and all the dispensation that occured. All related elements will also be delivered.

An example is available here. Please have a look at the details of a prescription and a dispensation to understand each resource.

You will receive a Bundle containing all the necessary information: prescription, dispensations, medications, but also patients, health professionnals, ...

Indeed, when you send a prescription or a dispensation, you referer to a patient, a health professional or an organization by its id, for example:

Practitioner?identifier=urn:oid:1.3.182.4.1|2999999617

This is because the sender knows this patient, health professional or organization.

As a receiver, you want to know the name, address, ... of those. That's why in the retrieved Bundle, you will have the full corresponding resource.