Stream: implementers
Topic: Resource for hospital stock items
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (Jun 23 2020 at 08:37):
In which resource the hospital stock items should fall?
for example I want to see how much surgical gloves I have in my hospital? in which resource this information should be?
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 23 2020 at 08:59):
Nice question. We are drafting a inventory resource
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 23 2020 at 08:59):
https://confluence.hl7.org/display/OO/Inventory+checking
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jun 23 2020 at 09:00):
We hope to have the draft resource by next week
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (Jun 23 2020 at 09:01):
This is exactly I was searching for. Thank you for sharing.
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (May 21 2021 at 11:09):
@Jose Costa Teixeira is there any update regarding inventory resource?
Jose Costa Teixeira (May 21 2021 at 11:18):
Hi @Muhammad Abubakar Ikram Yes, there is
http://build.fhir.org/inventoryreport
We need to document it better, but basically this allows you to express
a) the current total inventory in one position /of one type / in one location
b) changes to the inventory e.g. yesterday's consumption was 5 units of this product with this lot number
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (Jul 15 2021 at 09:51):
I have seen the InventoryReport resource in R5.
I want to raise some concerns.
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What I understood, is that this resource will be able to reflect an item or list of multiple items? Am I right?
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InventoryReport -> inventoryListing -> items -> item (1..1) (CodeableReference (Device | Medication)), the "item" isn't limiting the use of InventoryReport to just Device and Medication by having 1..1 it could be 0..1? this could be other than a device or a drug let's say Masks? Gloves? or PPEs? any stock item that a medical facility could have can occur in this?
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 15 2021 at 14:06):
Masks, gloves and PPE would all be Device in FHIR
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 15 2021 at 15:33):
Even printer paper is a device. We don't have the notion of "product" but we presume that you can use the existing resources (medication, device, nutrition..)
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 15 2021 at 15:36):
The inventory report is supposed to represent a count of items in a position. It is for things like
- we have 10 devices on this shelf
- We have consumed 2 of the devices from this shelf
- We have 1 item with this lot number and 3 with another lot number
- We have 2 broken devices just sitting on the shelf
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 15 2021 at 15:49):
I'm a bit nervous about the 'status' bit. The fact the device is broken seems like a property that should live in the device, not the inventory report.
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (Jul 15 2021 at 16:51):
Then the name of Device resource, isn't it misfit to it's use?
The Item instead of Device would be more generic.
Could contain any type of Item.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 15 2021 at 16:58):
On 'item': That's a separate discussion
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 15 2021 at 16:58):
(which should be interesting)
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 15 2021 at 17:02):
For status: this was meant as "inventory status" (not for use, broken, expired) which is more generic that a specific device's but would be important to drive inventory. And those statuses will depend on site.
Lloyd McKenzie (Jul 15 2021 at 17:06):
Masks and gloves are definitely devices from a definition perspective. Device doesn't include medications and certain other things
Jose Costa Teixeira (Jul 16 2021 at 06:26):
Right. We still need to add the other "product" resources under item
Muhammad Abubakar Ikram (Jul 16 2021 at 08:53):
Alright.
Shovan Roy (Mar 21 2022 at 01:17):
Hi All,
I have a similar requirement for one of my client. My client needs to report the inventory of Medications and they are using R4.0.1 however I can see InventoryReport is only available from R4.6.0. Any suggestion what could be pragmatic solution for R4.0.1? use Basic with bunch of extensions to align with InventoryReport or Device ? any other thoughts? @Lloyd McKenzie @Jose Costa Teixeira
Lloyd McKenzie (Mar 21 2022 at 01:31):
My leaning would be Basic. It'll allow you to keep most aligned with what's available in R5.
Last updated: Apr 12 2022 at 19:14 UTC
