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Medications and Medical Devices Section

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Medications and Medical Devices Section Content

The Medications and medical devices section carries information about the patient’s medication. PRSB Elements should be formatted as subheadings in any HTML sent. For more information on constructing medication lists see constructing clinical coded structures.

MEDICATIONS AND MEDICAL DEVICES            
Supply Appropriate Confirmation that in the opinion of the pharmacist, it is appropriate to sell a medicine to the patient under the NHS Minor Illness Referral Consultation   Options - “Yes”, “No” Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Med1 Supplied The name of any “over the counter” (OTC) medication supplied to support the patient with treatment of their minor illness   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. medicationReference. Medication. code  
Med1 Supplied_cost The cost of any OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Med1 Supplied_Quantity The quantity of any OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. quantity  
Med1 Dose The dosage instructions for the OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. dosageInstruction. text  
Med2 Supplied The name of any “over the counter” (OTC) medication supplied to support the patient with treatment of their minor illness   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. medicationReference. Medication. code  
Med2 Supplied_cost The cost of any OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Med2 Supplied_Quantity The quantity of any OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. quantity  
Med2 Dose The dosage instructions for the OTC medication provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense. dosageInstruction. text  
Advice Provided With Medicine Details of any additional advice given to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text and MedicationDispense.note  
Advice Provided Only Confirmation that only advice was given to the patient   Options - “Yes”, “No” Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Additional Instructions Any additional information or instructions provided to the patient as part of the consultation   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Person Advised Recording of the person who was given the advice and their relationship to the patient if they were representing them in the consultation   Options drop down menu (see notes) Mandatory Composition.section.text  
Symptom Advice Given Any specific symptom advice provided to the patient   Free text data entry Mandatory Composition.section.text  

Example Medications and Medical Devices Section

<!--<xml>-->
	<section>
		<title value="Medications and medical devices"/>
		<code>
			<coding>
				<system value="http://snomed.info/sct"/>
				<code value="933361000000108"/>
				<display value="Medications and medical devices"/>
			</coding>
		</code>
		<text>
		<status value="additional"/>
		<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
		<table width="100%">
			<tbody>
				<tr>
					<th>Supply type</th>
					<td>A description of the type of medication being supplied (e.g. emergency supply, over the counter medication, patient group direction etc.).</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Medication name</th>
					<td>BD Viva hypodermic insulin needles for pre-filled / reusable pen injectors screw on 5mm/31gauge (Becton, Dickinson UK Ltd)</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Form</th>
					<td>capsule</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Site</th>
					<td>"Mouth"</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Indication</th>
					<td>Reason for medication being prescribed, where known.</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Total amount of medication supplied</th>
					<td>30 tablets</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Dose directions description</th>
					<td>I tablet at night" or "20mg at 10pm"</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Additional instructions</th>
					<td>Allows for: <br> - requirements for adherence support, e.g., compliance aids, prompts and packaging requirements <br> - additional information about specific person requirements, e.g., unable to swallow tablets.medicines, e.g., where specific brand required</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<th>Date/time</th>
					<td>The date/time on which the medication was supplied to the patient.</td>
				</tr>
			</tbody>
		</table>
		</div>
		</text>
		<!--reference to further information carried in the medication dispense list resource-->
		<entry>
			<reference value="urn:uuid:4bc7faea-5974-407a-b658-d6ed1d4c9187"/>
		</entry>
	</section>
<!--</xml>-->

Coded Resources

This text section should be linked to the following FHIR Resources to provide the textual information in a coded format.

  • List
  • MedicationDispense
  • Medication

See constructing clinical coded structures - Medication Dispense List

Tags: fhir

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