See [Comparison with other national and international IGs](comparison.html) for a comparison between AU Core profiles and profiles in other implementation guides.

### 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

### Profile specific implementation guidance
- See the [Medicine Information](medicine-information.html) page for guidance on how medicinal product identification can be structured in FHIR conformant to AU Core.


