Use Case: Supply of Medication
Primary Care / Community Supply
Applicable for the following use cases;
- Primary Care, Community Care and Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) medication requests to community pharmacy (aka an
FP10in England orGP10in Scotland). - Outpatient medication requests to be dispensed by a Community Pharmacy (aka an
FP10HNC). - Outpatient medication requests to a contracted Outpatient pharmacy.
- Outpatient medication requests to a Homecare medicines provider.
Note: For implementations within England using the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), refer to the specific implementation guidance below;
EPS Prescribing FHIR API EPS Dispensing FHIR API
EPS Prescribing FHIR API EPS Dispensing FHIR API
Secondary Care / Inpatient / Trust Supply
Applicable for the following use cases;
- Inpatient medication requests, for a named patient, to be dispensed by the hospital pharmacy and intended for administration on a hospital ward.
- Medication requests, for a named patient who is on short-term leave from an inpatient stay (but is not discharged), to be dispensed by the hospital pharmacy and intended for administration at home.
- Discharge medication requests, for a named patient, to be dispensed by the hospital pharmacy and issued on discharge for administration at home.
- Outpatient medication requests, for a named patient, to be dispensed by the hospital pharmacy and intended for administration in the Outpatients department, Accident and Emergency department, or Day unit.
- Outpatient medication requests, for a named patient, to be dispensed by the hospital pharmacy for administration at home.
See also Use Case: Supply of Medication using ADCs (ADC = Automated Dispensing Cabinet).
Applicable FHIR resources: MedicationRequest and MedicationDispense
Read guidance on Profile: MedicationRequest.
Read guidance on Profile: MedicationDispense.
Examples
Examples to be added...