Resources
MedicationAdministration
Resources
MedicationAdministration
Describes the event of a patient consuming or otherwise being administered a medication. This may be as simple as swallowing a tablet or it may be a long running infusion. Related resources tie this event to the authorizing prescription, and the specific encounter between patient and health care practitioner.
Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| identifier | No | Identifier[] | External identifier |
| instantiates | No | uri[] | Instantiates protocol or definition |
| partOf | No | Reference<MedicationAdministration / Procedure>[] | Part of referenced event |
| status | Yes | code | in-progress / not-done / on-hold / completed / entered-in-error / stopped / unknown |
| statusReason | No | CodeableConcept[] | Reason administration not performed |
| category | No | CodeableConcept | Type of medication usage |
| medication[x] | Yes | CodeableConcept, Reference<Medication> | What was administered |
| subject | Yes | Reference<Patient / Group> | Who received medication |
| context | No | Reference<Encounter / EpisodeOfCare> | Encounter or Episode of Care administered as part of |
| supportingInformation | No | Reference<Resource>[] | Additional information to support administration |
| effective[x] | Yes | dateTime, Period | Start and end time of administration |
| performer | No | MedicationAdministrationPerformer | Who performed the medication administration and what they did |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - function | No | CodeableConcept | Type of performance |
| - actor | Yes | Reference<Practitioner / PractitionerRole / Patient / RelatedPerson / Device> | Who performed the medication administration |
| reasonCode | No | CodeableConcept[] | Reason administration performed |
| reasonReference | No | Reference<Condition / Observation / DiagnosticReport>[] | Condition or observation that supports why the medication was administered |
| request | No | Reference<MedicationRequest> | Request administration performed against |
| device | No | Reference<Device>[] | Device used to administer |
| note | No | Annotation[] | Information about the administration |
| dosage | No | MedicationAdministrationDosage | Details of how medication was taken |
| - id | No | string | Unique id for inter-element referencing |
| - extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| - modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored even if unrecognized |
| - text | No | string | Free text dosage instructions e.g. SIG |
| - site | No | CodeableConcept | Body site administered to |
| - route | No | CodeableConcept | Path of substance into body |
| - method | No | CodeableConcept | How drug was administered |
| - dose | No | Quantity | Amount of medication per dose |
| - rate[x] | No | Ratio, Quantity | Dose quantity per unit of time |
| eventHistory | No | Reference<Provenance>[] | A list of events of interest in the lifecycle |
Search Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | token | Return administrations of this medication code | MedicationAdministration.medication |
| identifier | token | Return administrations with this external identifier | MedicationAdministration.identifier |
| patient | reference | The identity of a patient to list administrations for | MedicationAdministration.subject |
| context | reference | Return administrations that share this encounter or episode of care | MedicationAdministration.context |
| device | reference | Return administrations with this administration device identity | MedicationAdministration.device |
| effective-time | date | Date administration happened (or did not happen) | MedicationAdministration.effective |
| medication | reference | Return administrations of this medication resource | MedicationAdministration.medication |
| performer | reference | The identity of the individual who administered the medication | MedicationAdministration.performer.actor |
| reason-given | token | Reasons for administering the medication | MedicationAdministration.reasonCode |
| reason-not-given | token | Reasons for not administering the medication | MedicationAdministration.statusReason |
| request | reference | The identity of a request to list administrations from | MedicationAdministration.request |
| status | token | MedicationAdministration event status (for example one of active/paused/completed/nullified) | MedicationAdministration.status |
| subject | reference | The identity of the individual or group to list administrations for | MedicationAdministration.subject |
Inherited Properties
| Name | Required | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | string | Logical id of this artifact |
| meta | No | Meta | Metadata about the resource |
| implicitRules | No | uri | A set of rules under which this content was created |
| language | No | code | Language of the resource content |
| text | No | Narrative | Text summary of the resource, for human interpretation |
| contained | No | Resource[] | Contained, inline Resources |
| extension | No | Extension[] | Additional content defined by implementations |
| modifierExtension | No | Extension[] | Extensions that cannot be ignored |
To view the FHIR specification for this resource, see MedicationAdministration.