UK Core Implementation Guide STU3 Sequence

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`dosage`

Consider aligning to the Implementation Guide for Digital Medicines, but as a minimum, MedicationAdministration.dosage.text.

A MedicationAdministration resource may be used to describe a period of no administration. The MedicationAdministration.status would be on-hold and either the dosage would be omitted, or a dosage would be recorded with a zero rate or quantity. For example;

Example of `MedicationAdministration.dosage` usage:

Table View

MedicationAdministration.id[0]	UKCore-MedicationAdministration-Sn-ZeroDosage-Example
MedicationAdministration.status[0]	on-hold
MedicationAdministration.medicationReference[0].reference[0]	Medication/UKCore-Medication-TimoptolEyeDrops-Example
MedicationAdministration.subject[0].reference[0]	Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example
MedicationAdministration.effectiveDateTime[0]	2021-03-25T13:00:00+00:00
MedicationAdministration.dosage[0].text[0]	No administration required.
MedicationAdministration.dosage[0].rateQuantity[0].value[0]	0
MedicationAdministration.dosage[0].rateQuantity[0].unit[0]	milliliter per hour
MedicationAdministration.dosage[0].rateQuantity[0].system[0]	http://unitsofmeasure.org
MedicationAdministration.dosage[0].rateQuantity[0].code[0]	mL/h

Tree View

MedicationAdministration

id : UKCore-MedicationAdministration-Sn-ZeroDosage-Example

status : on-hold

medication

reference : Medication/UKCore-Medication-TimoptolEyeDrops-Example

subject

reference : Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example

effective : 2021-03-25T13:00:00+00:00

dosage

text : No administration required.

rate

value : 0

unit : milliliter per hour

system : http://unitsofmeasure.org

code : mL/h

XML View

<MedicationAdministration xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="UKCore-MedicationAdministration-Sn-ZeroDosage-Example" />
    <status value="on-hold" />
    <medicationReference>
        <reference value="Medication/UKCore-Medication-TimoptolEyeDrops-Example" />
    </medicationReference>
    <subject>
        <reference value="Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example" />
    </subject>
    <effectiveDateTime value="2021-03-25T13:00:00+00:00" />
    <dosage>
        <text value="No administration required." />
        <rateQuantity>
            <value value="0" />
            <unit value="milliliter per hour" />
            <system value="http://unitsofmeasure.org" />
            <code value="mL/h" />
        </rateQuantity>
    </dosage>
</MedicationAdministration>

JSON View

{
    "resourceType": "MedicationAdministration",
    "id": "UKCore-MedicationAdministration-Sn-ZeroDosage-Example",
    "status": "on-hold",
    "medicationReference": {
        "reference": "Medication/UKCore-Medication-TimoptolEyeDrops-Example"
    },
    "subject": {
        "reference": "Patient/UKCore-Patient-RichardSmith-Example"
    },
    "effectiveDateTime": "2021-03-25T13:00:00+00:00",
    "dosage": {
        "text": "No administration required.",
        "rateQuantity": {
            "value": 0,
            "unit": "milliliter per hour",
            "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code": "mL/h"
        }
    }
}