An order or request for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medication to a patient. The resource is called "MedicationRequest" rather than "MedicationPrescription" or "MedicationOrder" to generalize the use across inpatient and outpatient settings, including care plans, etc., and to harmonize with workflow patterns.
The [patient|user|system]/MedicationRequest.r authorization scope is required.
| Name | Description | DataType |
| ID | The id for the Medication Request Resource. | Token |
| Response Code | Description |
| 200 OK | The requested MedicationRequest resource was found and is contained within the body of the HTTP response. |
| 400 Bad Request | The server could not understand the request due to invalid syntax. |
| 404 Not Found | The requested resource does not exist. |
| 500 Internal Server Error | The server has encountered a situation it doesn't know how to handle, resulting in an error. |
Example GET syntax of ResourceID 24:
This would return a Resource like the one below.
{
"resourceType": "MedicationRequest",
"id": "24",
"status": "Active",
"intent": "Order"
"category": [
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/StructureDefinition/us-core-medicationrequest",
"code": "community",
}
]
},
{
"coding": [
{
"system": "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm"",
}
]
}
],
"priority": "rountine"
"reportedBoolean": "false"
"medicationReference: {
"reference": "https://localhost:44391/fhir/Medication/24",
},
"subject": {
"reference": "https://localhost:44391/fhir/Patient/66"",
"display": "Peter Rice"
},
"encounter": {
"extension": [
{
"url" : :http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/data-absent-reason,
"valueCode": "unknown"
}
]
},
"authoredOn": "2014-09-10T00:00:00-05:00",
"reference": "https://localhost:44391/fhir/Practitioner/NM-SMX"
},
"dosageInstruction": [
{
"text": "1 Tablet by mouth 1 time per day",
"doseAndRate": [
{
"doseQuantity": {
"value": 1,
"unit": "Unknown"
}
}
]
}
]
}
The [patient|user|system]/MedicationRequest.rs authorization scope is required.
The following additional authorization scopes might be required depending on _include and/or _revinclude search parameters used:
| Name | Description | DataType |
| patient | Returns prescriptions for a specific patient. | Reference |
| intent | Returns prescriptions with different intents | Token |
| status | Status of the prescription | Token |
Example SEARCH syntax of MedicationRequest for Patientid 66:
This would return a bundle containing one or more MedicationRequest Resources like the one above.