Stream: implementers
Topic: Medication Requests: specifying refills
Ly Ngo (Apr 04 2018 at 16:02):
Am trying to map current EMR-PMS requirements to FHIR Medication Requests model. There are two pieces I can't seem to find a place for:
Refill Duration/Quantity and Dispense Interval
Both of these are required fields in an EMR and the PMS expects them too, but I can't seem to find any corresponding fields in the MedReq model.
Melva Peters (Apr 04 2018 at 16:24):
These are not in the current MedRequest resource. I suggest you add a tracker item with your use case. If you have definitions of your fields, that would also help if they are included.
Ly Ngo (Apr 04 2018 at 16:26):
Thanks! Where/how would I add a tracker item?
Melva Peters (Apr 04 2018 at 16:28):
You can log tracker items by clicking on the following link http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/fhir/tracker/?action=TrackerItemAdd&tracker_id=677
John Carter (Apr 05 2018 at 02:43):
Aren't those fields included in the DispenseRequest that is part of MedicationRequest?
Melva Peters (Apr 05 2018 at 14:29):
Not all of them are in the DispenseRequest. You can include the number of refills, but not a way to be specific about the quantity on certain refills and the duration between which might be needed for narcotic prescriptions. Pharmacy will discuss and determine what might be needed.
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