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Transaction: Prescription

STATUS:

Published

OWNER:

eHealth Platform

STANDARD:

KMEHR

VERSION:

1.0

DATE:

2013-07-10

DEFINITION:

This type of transaction describes a generic prescription.

Generalities

This transaction only requires a level 1 of kmehr normalization. In the future, further levels may be defined for use.

Transaction elements

id

id of the transaction according to the ID-KMEHR conventions.

cd

You must use the value ‘prescription’ from CD-TRANSACTION.

The type of prescription could be further specified using a value from CD-TRANSACTION-TYPE, or by adding your own local codes.

date

This is the date of the prescription.

time

This is the time of the prescription.

author

This is the person assuming the responsibility of medical content of the prescription.

redactor

In generation of PMF files in nursing context, the redactor will typically identify the responsable for the implementation of the prescription to the nursing standards (e.g. a nurse.)

iscomplete

If this is false, this means that you transfer only part of the information and that the recipient should expect a more complete version later.

isvalidated

If this is false, this means that the information has not been validated medically.

Structure overview

You have the choice between:

  • text(s): to transfer your prescription as free text,
  • lnk(s): to encapsulate your prescription as a multimedia object (RTF or PDF document for example)