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Indicates that a medication product is to be or has been dispensed for a named person/patient. This resource covers the supply of medications to a patient. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details. Previous version: medication_dispense Tables in this resource: Reference Table: The medicationdispense_references table contains normalized references from the medication dispense to other entities. It supports the following reference properties: For detailed information about reference table structure and indexing, see the Reference Tables documentation. Primary Keys:
  • medicationdispense_id
Foreign Keys:
  • patient_id – links to the patient table
  • medication_id – links to the medication table
† Metriport Platform added
ColumnData TypeDescription
medicationdispense_idvarcharUnique identifier for the medication dispense
patient_idvarcharUnique identifier for the patient (subject)
medication_idvarcharReference to the dispensed medication
statusvarcharStatus of the dispense (e.g. preparation, in-progress, completed, cancelled, on-hold, entered-in-error, stopped, declined, unknown)
whenhandedoverdatetimeDate/time the medication was handed over
whenprepareddatetimeDate/time the medication was prepared
quantity_unitvarcharUnit of quantity dispensed
quantity_valuevarcharQuantity dispensed
dayssupply_unitvarcharUnit for days supply
dayssupply_valuevarcharNumber of days supply
note_text†varcharAdditional notes about the dispense (first note)
meta_sourcevarcharSource document filename from FHIR meta.source
data_source_ext†varcharIntegration source derived from FHIR extension
Related Tables: Parent: Child:

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Renamed
  • medication_dispense_idmedicationdispense_id
  • when_handed_overwhenhandedover
  • when_preparedwhenprepared
  • days_supply_unitdayssupply_unit
  • data_sourcemeta_source