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Topic: PlanDefinition for a drug formulation
Rik Smithies (Aug 11 2020 at 16:42):
@CDS people (@Bryn Rhodes) - we are hoping to use PlanDefinition and ActivityDefinition to record a drug manufacturing protocol (a batch formula - a recipe basically).
Most of what we need is there but it would be really useful if ActivityDefinition.product[x] could be a Reference(Ingredient) as well as a Medication and Substance as it is now.
Also the subject of the whole PlanDefinition would be a particular type of product, that is being manufactured by this protocol. We would like PlanDefinition.subject to allow a reference to a MedicinalProductDefinition.
Are these feasible changes please?
Jose Costa Teixeira (Aug 11 2020 at 17:31):
Why not doing that in the medication definitional resources as an element? Basically saying "this is the product, and here goes the formula".
I'm thinking of magistral / officinal preparations, not sure if that is your use case.
I can't be precise on why PlanDefinition seems off, but I think it's because it puts emphasis on the set of actions and workflow - for making a drug you are not really defining the workflow, in "decomposable actions" but just a set of instructions.
Bryn Rhodes (Aug 11 2020 at 17:47):
There are other groups that are already using PlanDefinition in this same way, and it seems like a good fit if you are trying to describe what happens in more detail. I'm certainly no expert in this area though, but the proposed changes sound reasonable to me @Rik Smithies , submit some trackers?
Rik Smithies (Aug 11 2020 at 18:37):
Thanks Bryn, will do that. If you can point me at others doing the same that would be great
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