# MedicationRequest (Core) - MyHealth@EU Core v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **MedicationRequest (Core)**

## Resource Profile: MedicationRequest (Core) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core | *Version*:1.0.0 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 2 | *Computable Name*:MedicationRequestMyHealthCore |

 
This profile sets minimum expectations for the MedicationRequest resource common to most of the use cases. This profile is adapted from the MPD work. 

**Usages:**

* Examples for this Profile: [MedicationRequest/f6a7b8c9-d0e1-2345-fabc-456789012345](MedicationRequest-f6a7b8c9-d0e1-2345-fabc-456789012345.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/myhealth.eu.fhir.core|current/StructureDefinition/medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 2
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use"
  }],
  "url" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medicationRequest-myhealtheu-core",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "MedicationRequestMyHealthCore",
  "title" : "MedicationRequest (Core)",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-04T16:10:59+02:00",
  "publisher" : "MyHealth@Eu",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "MyHealth@Eu",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "https://health.ec.europa.eu/other-pages/basic-page/myhealtheu-flyer-addressed-patients-and-health-professionals_en"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile sets minimum expectations for the MedicationRequest resource common to most of the use cases.\nThis profile is adapted from the MPD work.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "workflow",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
    "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "script10.6",
    "uri" : "http://ncpdp.org/SCRIPT10_6",
    "name" : "Mapping to NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "MedicationRequest",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base/StructureDefinition/medicationRequest-eu-core",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "MedicationRequest",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest"
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.language",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.language",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://terminology.ehdsi.eu/ValueSet/eHDSILanguage"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.statusReason",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.statusReason",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ValueSet/eHDSIMedicationStatusReasonWithExceptions"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.medication[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.medication[x]",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      },
      {
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.subject",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.subject",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/patient-myhealtheu-core"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.requester",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.requester",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/patient-myhealtheu-core",
        "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/practitioner-myhealtheu-core",
        "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/practitionerRole-myhealtheu-core",
        "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/organization-myhealtheu-core",
        "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/RelatedPerson"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.reasonCode",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.reasonCode",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ValueSet/eHDSIMedicationReasonWithExceptions"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.site",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.site",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "required",
        "valueSet" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ValueSet/eHDSIBodySiteWithExceptions"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.route",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.route",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "extensible",
        "valueSet" : "http://terminology.ehdsi.eu/ValueSet/eHDSIRouteofAdministration"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.dose[x]:doseQuantity",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.dose[x]",
      "sliceName" : "doseQuantity",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/SimpleQuantity-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "slicing" : {
        "discriminator" : [{
          "type" : "type",
          "path" : "$this"
        }],
        "ordered" : false,
        "rules" : "open"
      }
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]:rateRatio",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "sliceName" : "rateRatio",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Ratio",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/Ratio-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]:rateQuantity",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.doseAndRate.rate[x]",
      "sliceName" : "rateQuantity",
      "min" : 0,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/SimpleQuantity-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerPeriod",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerPeriod",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Ratio",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/Ratio-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerAdministration",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerAdministration",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/SimpleQuantity-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerLifetime",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.dosageInstruction.maxDosePerLifetime",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Quantity",
        "profile" : ["http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/SimpleQuantity-myhealth"]
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "MedicationRequest.substitution.allowed[x]",
      "path" : "MedicationRequest.substitution.allowed[x]",
      "binding" : {
        "strength" : "extensible",
        "valueSet" : "http://terminology.ehdsi.eu/ValueSet/eHDSISubstitutionCode"
      }
    }]
  }
}

```
