Stream: Medication
Topic: MedicationKnowledge name
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 14 2021 at 21:55):
A few things I noticed while implementing based on MedicationKnowledge:
- the resource does not have a name. It has a synonym. So where would the main name for the resource be? Is it the first synonym? or in code.coding.display? I think it should have a name, we should be able to profile and say that name is mandatory
- ingredient.item.isActive is no longer a boolean but a codeableconcept - which is great. But the name isActive hints at a boolean. Can this be changed?
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 14 2021 at 22:00):
- (already discussed, I think ) - the link from MedicationKnowledge to Medication is strange, especially because the link from Medication to MedicationKnowledge seems much more common and is not there.
Melva Peters (Sep 15 2021 at 01:20):
@Jose Costa Teixeira I suggest you add Jira issues if you want something done about what you are raising.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 15 2021 at 08:58):
I was hoping for some discussion on these matters, namely the synonym thing.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 15 2021 at 08:58):
Maybe there is a reason for a medication not to have an explicit name (I can't imagine one), or maybe there is some guidance of alternatives
Jean Duteau (Sep 15 2021 at 16:00):
a) yes, the name is expected to be part of the code. If you think it should be different, please raise a JIRA issue
b) The new version of MedKnowledge fixes this, it will get into the build when the merge errors get resolved
c) In pharmacy/ehr systems that we surveyed, no one had a link from the information about what they prescribed/dispensed to the drug knowledge base record of that. They all had it the other way - search for drugs, look at the knowledge base information about the drug, and then look at the links for the orderable/dispensable branded drugs that were associated with that knowledge base record. If you have use cases for the opposite link, please raise a Jira issue.
Jean Duteau (Sep 15 2021 at 16:02):
Jose Costa Teixeira said:
I was hoping for some discussion on these matters, namely the synonym thing.
Discussion of these Pharmacy-related issues occurs at the Pharmacy WG as not all Pharmacy WG members participate in Zulip. So the only real way to get discussion is to raise a Jira issue so that it becomes visible to the Pharmacy WG and we can then discuss it.
Jose Costa Teixeira (Sep 15 2021 at 17:29):
I will. It's just that not all people in Zulip participate in the Pharmacy WGs, hence the broader discussion as we do for other resources
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