Medication Dispense

A medication dispense record represents the dispensing of a medication to a patient. This includes details about when the medication was prepared, dispensed, and the quantity provided. Reference Table: The medication_dispense_references table contains normalized references from the medication dispense to other entities. It supports the following reference properties:

medication_reference (required): links to the medication that was dispensed
subject (required): links to the patient who received the medication
performer.actor: links to practitioners who performed the dispensing
location: links to the location where the medication was dispensed

For detailed information about reference table structure and indexing, see the Reference Tables documentation. Medication Dispense Table: Primary Keys:

medication_dispense_id

Foreign Keys:

patient_id
medication_id

Column	Data Type	Description
medication_dispense_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the medication dispense
patient_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the patient
medication_id	varchar	Unique identifier for the medication
status	varchar	Status of the medication dispense. Possible values: – `preparation`: The core event has not started yet, but some staging activities have begun (for example, initial preparing and labeling of medication). – `in-progress`: The dispensed product is being prepared and packaged. – `cancelled`: The dispensing event was terminated prior to any output product being created. – `on-hold`: The dispensing event has been temporarily halted but is expected to resume. – `completed`: The dispensed product has been handed over to the patient or patient representative. – `entered-in-error`: The dispense event was created in error and should not be considered valid. – `stopped`: Actions implied by the dispense event have been permanently halted, before all of them occurred. – `declined`: The dispense was declined and not performed. – `unknown`: The authoring system does not know which of the status values applies for this dispense.
when_handed_over	date	Date when the medication was handed over
when_prepared	date	Date when the medication was prepared
dose_unit	varchar	Unit of measurement for the dose
dose_amount	varchar	Amount of medication dispensed
days_supply_amount	varchar	Number of days the medication will last
days_supply_unit	varchar	Unit for days supply (typically “d”)
note_text	varchar	Additional notes about the dispense
meta_source	varchar	Source document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source	varchar	Deprecated. Use `meta_source` instead.
data_source_ext	varchar	Integration source of the data, derived from FHIR extension

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