Entity Patient Medication History

DescriptionA personal health observation that describes a patient's medication history. It includes the medications a patient is currently taking or has taken in the past, prescription medications and over-the-counter medications taken on a regular basis.

Attributes
ConsentConsent
DescriptionDescription
Fulfillment HistoryFulfillment History
Medication QtyMedication Qty
ReactionReaction
Refill QtyRefill Qty
Series NumSeries Num
StatusStatus

Generalization
Patient Medication History_Personal Health Observation_GenPatient Medication History_Personal Health Observation_Gen

Dependencies
 NONE

Reverse Dependencies
 

Attribute Details

 Consent
DescriptionIndicates whether the patient has agreed to receiving this medication. Consent is most relevant where there may be a heightened risk associated with the medication and the patient's condition or where the medication is primarily for symptom control rather than curative for example pain control. It may also be required because of a patient's cultural or religious beliefs.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Boolean Indicator [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Description
DescriptionA free text description of the patient medication.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Fulfillment History
DescriptionDescribes the overall history of a patient adhering to medication. This is typically based on the dispensing of prescriptions in an outpatient environment as it is difficult to establish if the patient is actually taking their medications.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Medication Qty
DescriptionThe number of units prescribed for this medication.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Reaction
DescriptionDescribes any notable reaction the patient has to the medication. This is used primarily but not exclusively to record negative reactions or side effects.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Refill Qty
DescriptionThe number of refills prescribed for this medication. It defines the number of times the requested dispense amount can be given to the patient, subject to local regulation. Refers to outpatient only.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Series Num
DescriptionThe current prescription sequence number within the planned refills for this medication.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse



 Status
DescriptionThe status of this patient medication indicates whether this is currently being taken by the patient or if it has been suspended. Knowledge of previous medications now suspended is relevant to the patient's medical record.
Data TypeStandards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)]
Is Part Of PrimaryKeyfalse
Is Requiredfalse
Is Derivedfalse
Is Surrogate Keyfalse

Generalization Details

 Patient Medication History_Personal Health Observation_Gen
SupertypePersonal Health Observation
SubtypePatient Medication History
Transform AsTABLE