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Description | A 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. |
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Attribute Details |
Description | Indicates 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 Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Boolean Indicator [INTEGER] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | A free text description of the patient medication. |
Data Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | Describes 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 Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | The number of units prescribed for this medication. |
Data Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | Describes any notable reaction the patient has to the medication. This is used primarily but not exclusively to record negative reactions or side effects. |
Data Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Text Medium [VARCHAR(255)] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | The 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 Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | The current prescription sequence number within the planned refills for this medication. |
Data Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Number Integer [INTEGER] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Description | The 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 Type | Standards - Data Domains.ddm/Data Domains/Enumeration [VARCHAR(20)] |
Is Part Of PrimaryKey | false |
Is Required | false |
Is Derived | false |
Is Surrogate Key | false |
Generalization Details |
Supertype | Personal Health Observation |
Subtype | Patient Medication History |
Transform As | TABLE |
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