Medication
This resource is primarily used for the identification and definition of a medication for the purposes of prescribing, dispensing, and administering a medication as well as for making statements about medication use.
These interaction paths describe standard FHIR R4 patterns. Availability can depend on the API capabilities enabled for your Ovok project.
| Interaction | Method | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Read | GET | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id] |
| Vread | GET | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id]/_history/[vid] |
| Update | PUT | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id] |
| Patch | PATCH | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id] |
| Delete | DELETE | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id] |
| Create | POST | /fhir/R4/Medication |
| Search | GET | /fhir/R4/Medication |
| History | GET | /fhir/R4/Medication/[id]/_history |
Top-level elements
| Element | Type | Cardinality | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | 0..1 | Logical id of this artifact |
meta | Meta | 0..1 | Metadata about the resource |
implicitRules | uri | 0..1 | A set of rules under which this content was created |
language | code | 0..1 | Language of the resource content |
text | Narrative | 0..1 | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
contained | Resource | 0..* | Contained, inline Resources |
extension | Extension | 0..* | Additional content defined by implementations |
modifierExtension | Extension | 0..* | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
identifier | Identifier | 0..* | Business identifier for this medication |
code | CodeableConcept | 0..1 | Codes that identify this medication |
status | code | 0..1 | active | inactive | entered-in-error |
manufacturer | Reference | 0..1 | Manufacturer of the item |
form | CodeableConcept | 0..1 | powder | tablets | capsule + |
amount | Ratio | 0..1 | Amount of drug in package |
ingredient | BackboneElement | 0..* | Active or inactive ingredient |
batch | BackboneElement | 0..1 | Details about packaged medications |
Resource-specific search parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
code | token | Multiple Resources: AllergyIntolerance: Code that identifies the allergy or intolerance ; Condition: Code for the condition ; DeviceRequest: Code for what is being requested/ordered ; DiagnosticReport: The code for the report, as opposed to codes for the atomic results, which are the names on the observation resource referred to from the result ; FamilyMemberHistory: A search by a condition code ; List: What the purpose of this list is ; Medication: Returns medications for a specific code ; MedicationAdministration: Return administrations of this medication code ; MedicationDispense: Returns dispenses of this medicine code ; MedicationRequest: Return prescriptions of this medication code ; MedicationStatement: Return statements of this medication code ; Observation: The code of the observation type ; Procedure: A code to identify a procedure ; ServiceRequest: What is being requested/ordered |
expiration-date | date | Returns medications in a batch with this expiration date |
form | token | Returns medications for a specific dose form |
identifier | token | Returns medications with this external identifier |
ingredient | reference | Returns medications for this ingredient reference |
ingredient-code | token | Returns medications for this ingredient code |
lot-number | token | Returns medications in a batch with this lot number |
manufacturer | reference | Returns medications made or sold for this manufacturer |
status | token | Returns medications for this status |
Reference
Official FHIR R4 spec: Medication.
Maturity: Trial Use 3 (FMM 3).