Stream: implementers
Topic: Dosage instruction with minimum interval
Gou Masuda (Sep 08 2020 at 09:26):
Hello, everyone.
Could you give me some advise for Dosage data type?
How can I express a dosage instruction with minimum interval between doses?
For example, "Take this medicine as needed, at least 6 hours apart."
I thought I could use Dosage.timing.repeat, but I couldn't find a suitable property.
Thank you.
Ardon Toonstra (Sep 08 2020 at 10:00):
Hi @Gou Masuda ,
Perhaps our wiki page with a lot of examples of the Dosage datatype (in STU3) may help: https://informatiestandaarden.nictiz.nl/wiki/mp:V9.0_Voorbeelden_doseringen
The page contains functional examples in tables followed by an expandable representation in CDA and FHIR
Unfortunately, it is in Dutch, but perhaps Google Translate can do a lot.
Lloyd McKenzie (Sep 08 2020 at 13:32):
@Melva Peters
Richard Townley-O'Neill (Sep 08 2020 at 22:26):
http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/datatypes-definitions.html#Timing.repeat.period
Gou Masuda (Sep 08 2020 at 23:57):
Hi @Ardon Toonstra ,
Thank you for your reply. I'll check your wiki page with Google Translate.
Gou Masuda (Sep 10 2020 at 00:24):
Hi @Richard Townley-O'Neill ,
Thank you for your reply.
In my understanding, Timing.repeat.period is used for dosage instructions with regular intervals.
Can I also use it in this case? "Take as needed, At least 6 hours apart."
Richard Townley-O'Neill (Sep 10 2020 at 00:31):
It can say
- take as needed, 6 hours apart
- take as needed, 6 to 24 hours apart
I do not know whether it can say
- take as needed, 6 or more hours apart
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 12 2020 at 07:47):
Richard Townley-O'Neill said:
I do not know whether it can say
- take as needed, 6 or more hours apart
Seems the same as saying "take as needed, but not more than one every 6 hours" for which you can use maxDosePerPeriod
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