A record of a medication that is being consumed by a patient. A MedicationStatement may indicate that the patient may be taking the medication now or has taken the medication in the past or will be taking the medication in the future. See the HL7 FHIR R4 spec for full details. Previous version: medication_statement Tables in this resource:Documentation Index
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- medicationstatement – Main medication statement record (this page)
- medicationstatement_dosage – Dosage instructions per statement
- medicationstatement_dosage_doseandrate – Dose/rate quantities per dosage
- medicationstatement_dosage_route_coding
- medicationstatement_extension
- medicationstatement_extension_vcc_coding
- medicationstatement_references – Normalized references; see Reference Tables
medicationstatement_references table contains normalized references from the medication statement to other entities. It supports the following reference properties:
- medication_reference (required): links to the medication being taken
- subject (required): links to the patient who is taking the medication
- medicationstatement_id
- patient_id – links to the patient table
- medication_id – links to the medication table
† Metriport Platform added
| Column | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| medicationstatement_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the medication statement |
| patient_id | varchar | Unique identifier for the patient (subject) |
| medication_id | varchar | Reference to the medication |
| status | varchar | Status of the statement (e.g. active, completed, entered-in-error, intended, stopped, on-hold, unknown, not-taken) |
| effectivedatetime | datetime | Effective date/time if provided directly |
| effectiveperiod_start | datetime | Start of effective period |
| effective_date† | datetime | Coalesced effective date (effectivedatetime or effectiveperiod_start) |
| effectiveperiod_end | datetime | End of effective period |
| dosage_doseandrate_dosequantity_unit | varchar | Unit for the dose quantity |
| dosage_doseandrate_dosequantity_value | varchar | Dose quantity value |
| note_text† | varchar | Additional notes about the statement (first note) |
| meta_source | varchar | Source document filename from FHIR meta.source |
| data_source_ext† | varchar | Integration source derived from FHIR extension |
Version diff
Renamedmedication_statement_id→medicationstatement_iddata_source→meta_source

