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Create a new MedicationDispense

MedicationDispense on the FHIR specification website.

Indicates that a medication product is to be or has been dispensed for a named person/patient. This includes a description of the medication product (supply) provided and the instructions for administering the medication. The medication dispense is the result of a pharmacy system responding to a medication order.

The body should be a valid FHIR object for MedicationDispense.

Here is an example:

{
  "resourceType": "MedicationDispense",
  "id": "meddisp008",
  "text": {
    "status": "generated",
    "div": "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p><b>Generated Narrative with Details</b></p><p><b>id</b>: meddisp008</p><p><b>contained</b>: </p><p><b>status</b>: completed</p><p><b>medication</b>: id: medexample015; Capecitabine 500mg oral tablet (Xeloda) <span>(Details : {RxNorm code '213293' = 'Xeloda 500 MG Oral Tablet', given as 'Capecitabine 500mg oral tablet (Xeloda)'})</span></p><p><b>subject</b>: <a>Donald Duck</a></p><h3>Performers</h3><table><tr><td>-</td><td><b>Actor</b></td></tr><tr><td>*</td><td><a>Practitioner/f006</a></td></tr></table><p><b>authorizingPrescription</b>: <a>MedicationRequest/medrx0309</a></p><p><b>dosageInstruction</b>: </p></div>"
  },
  "contained": [
    {
      "resourceType": "Medication",
      "id": "medexample015",
      "code": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm",
            "code": "213293",
            "display": "Capecitabine 500mg oral tablet (Xeloda)"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "status": "completed",
  "medicationReference": {
    "reference": "#medexample015"
  },
  "subject": {
    "reference": "Patient/pat1",
    "display": "Donald Duck"
  },
  "performer": [
    {
      "actor": {
        "reference": "Practitioner/f006"
      }
    }
  ],
  "authorizingPrescription": [
    {
      "reference": "MedicationRequest/medrx0309"
    }
  ],
  "dosageInstruction": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "timing": {
        "repeat": {
          "frequency": 2,
          "period": 21,
          "periodUnit": "d"
        }
      },
      "route": {
        "coding": [
          {
            "system": "http://snomed.info/sct",
            "code": "394899003",
            "display": "oral administration of treatment"
          }
        ]
      },
      "doseAndRate": [
        {
          "type": {
            "coding": [
              {
                "system": "http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/dose-rate-type",
                "code": "ordered",
                "display": "Ordered"
              }
            ]
          },
          "doseQuantity": {
            "value": 500,
            "unit": "mg",
            "system": "http://unitsofmeasure.org",
            "code": "mg"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

You can reference the FHIR documentation to determine the format for MedicationDispense.

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