AU Core Implementation Guide
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Resource Profile: AU Core Medication

Official URL: http://hl7.org.au/fhir/core/StructureDefinition/au-core-medication Version: 0.2.2-preview
Standards status: Draft Maturity Level: 0 Computable Name: AUMedication

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This profile sets minimum expectations for a Medication resource to record, search, and fetch medications associated with a patient. It is based on the AU Base Medication profile and identifies the additional mandatory core elements, extensions, vocabularies and value sets that SHALL be present in the Medication when conforming to this profile. It provides the floor for standards development for specific uses cases in an Australian context.

In AU Core a Medication resource is used within the context of a referencing resource: MedicationAdministration, MedicationDispense, MedicationRequest, or MedicationStatement resource.

Usage scenarios

The following are supported usage scenarios for this profile:

  • Query medications associated with a patient referenced by another resource
  • Record or update a medication associated with a patient referenced by another resource
  • Read medications associated with a patient referenced by another resource

Comparison with other national and international specifications

A resource conforming to this profile is conformant to:

Conformance in reverse is not guaranteed, i.e. a resource conforming to International Patient Access, International Patient Summary, or US Core MAY NOT conform to AU Core.

Profile specific implementation guidance

  • See the Medicine information section for guidance on constructing a resource and the use of medicines terminology
  • Manufacturer information will commonly be exchanged as a PBS code, this information can be represented as an external resource of by using Medication.manufacturer.identifier to carry the PBS code and Medication.manufacturer.display to carry the name of the manufacturer

Specific feedback is sought on supporting ingredient information in Medication. Identification of a specific ingredient can be support by use of Medication.itemCodeableConcept or Medication.itemReference which refers to an external Medication or Substance resource.

Usage:

Formal Views of Profile Content

Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work.

This structure is derived from AUBaseMedication

NameFlagsCard.TypeDescription & Constraintsdoco
.. Medication 0..*AUBaseMedicationA medication in an Australian healthcare context
... code S1..1CodeableConceptCoding for the medicine
.... Slices for coding 0..*CodingCode defined by a terminology system
Slice: Unordered, Open by value:system
..... coding:pbs S0..*CodingPBS Item Code
..... coding:amt S0..*CodingAMT Medicines
... manufacturer SC0..1Reference(AU Core Organization)Physical product manufacturer organisation
... form S0..1CodeableConceptpowder | tablets | capsule +
... ingredient S0..*BackboneElementActive or inactive ingredient
.... item[x] S1..1The actual ingredient or content
..... itemCodeableConceptCodeableConcept
..... itemReferenceReference(AU Core Substance | AU Core Medication)
.... isActive S0..1booleanActive ingredient indicator
.... strength S0..1RatioQuantity/strength of ingredient present

doco Documentation for this format

 

Other representations of profile: CSV, Excel, Schematron

Notes:

Below is an overview of the mandatory and optional search parameters. FHIR search operations and the syntax used to describe the interactions is described here.

Mandatory Search Parameters

No mandatory search parameters for this profile.

Optional Search Parameters

No optional search parameters for this profile.