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An order or request for both supply of the medication and the instructions for administration of the medication to a patient. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details. Previous version: medication_request Tables in this resource: Reference Table: The medicationrequest_references table contains normalized references from the medication request to other entities. It supports the following reference properties:
  • medication_reference (required): links to the medication that was requested
  • subject (required): links to the patient for whom the medication was requested
  • encounter: links to the encounter where the request was made
  • requester: links to the practitioner who made the request
  • reasonReference: links to conditions or other reasons for the medication request
For detailed information about reference table structure and indexing, see the Reference Tables documentation. Primary Keys:
  • medicationrequest_id
Foreign Keys:
  • patient_id – links to the patient table (subject)
  • medication_id – links to the medication table
† Metriport Platform added
ColumnData TypeDescription
medicationrequest_idvarcharUnique identifier for the medication request
patient_idvarcharUnique identifier for the patient (subject)
medication_idvarcharReference to the requested medication
statusvarcharStatus of the request (e.g. active, completed, cancelled)
authoredondatetimeDate/time the request was authored
dosageinstruction_doseandrate_dosequantity_unitvarcharUnit for the prescribed dose quantity
dosageinstruction_doseandrate_dosequantity_amountvarcharPrescribed dose quantity
intentvarcharIntent of the request (e.g. order, plan)
note_text†varcharAdditional notes about the request (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_request_idmedicationrequest_id
  • authored_onauthoredon
  • data_sourcemeta_source