Stream: implementers
Topic: MedicationDispense duration
Jay Lyle (Jun 21 2019 at 19:54):
We need to express how long a supply is intended to last. There is a property with the description "The amount of medication expressed as a timing amount." which sounds right, but the name is daysSupply, which sounds too restrictive. (And the SimpleQuantity datatype doesn't seem to be defined.) Will using this field for, e.g., hours on an IV, cause problems for anyone?
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 22 2019 at 02:32):
This would be to let you say "I want them on drip X at dose Y, and I want the 4 hour bags, not the 2 hour bags"? I'm trying to better understand the use-case for this for IV.
Arianne van de Wetering (Jun 25 2019 at 07:21):
If you want to express how long a supply is intended to last, this is a logistic data item, for which we indeed use daysSupply. Not typical for IV-like stuff though.
Depending on the specific use case we either use (R3) Timing.repeat.bounds (dose duration - a use period for this particular dosageInstruction) or Timing.repeat.duration and Timing.repeat.durationUnit (duration of administration, typically for IV like administration duration). But those are clinically relevant items, and not logistic....
Lloyd McKenzie (Jun 25 2019 at 15:18):
@Jay Lyle ?
Jay Lyle (Jun 27 2019 at 16:39):
I believe we resolved this as suggested, but am away from my desk. I'll be able t confirm in two weeks. Thanks.
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