Implementation guide for interoperable medicines

This guidance is under active development by NHS England and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.

Logical Display Order

The order in which the structures within the Resource should be listed.

  1. Medication Name
  2. Medication Form (if not implied within a VMP/AMP name)
  3. Trade Family Name (if not implied within an AMP name)

Then for each dosageInstruction;

  1. method
  2. doseAndRate.doseQuantity / .doseRange
  3. doseAndRate.rateRatio / .rateQuantity / .rateRange
  4. duration, durationMax
  5. frequency, frequencyMax, period and periodMax
  6. offset, when(s)
  7. dayOfWeek(s)
  8. timeOfDay(s)
  9. route
  10. site
  11. asNeededCodeableConcept / asNeeded
  12. boundsDuration / boundsRange
  13. count, countMax
  14. event(s)
  15. maxDosePerPeriod / maxDosePerAdministration / maxDosePerLifetime
  16. additionalInstruction(s)
  17. patientInstruction
UPDATE FEB 2025. The element patientInstruction has been removed from this guidance as it's contents would often duplicate what is contained within text. See patientInstruction for more info.
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