# Medication (EPD) - MyHealth@Eu Electronic Prescription and Dispense v1.0.0-poc

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Medication (EPD)**

## Resource Profile: Medication (EPD) 

| | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/epd/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-epd | *Version*:1.0.0-poc | |
| * Standards status: *[Draft](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 1 | *Computable Name*:MedicationMyHealthEuEpd |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright European Union, represented by the European Commission - DG SANTE. Licenced under CC-BY-4.0. | | |

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

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [MedicationDispense (EPD)](StructureDefinition-MedicationDispense-myhealtheu-epd.md) and [MedicationRequest (EPD)](StructureDefinition-MedicationRequest-myhealtheu-epd.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Medication/01A-Cefuroxime1500GenericExplicit](Medication-01A-Cefuroxime1500GenericExplicit.md), [Medication/01B-Cefuroxime1500GenericConcept](Medication-01B-Cefuroxime1500GenericConcept.md), [Medication/01C-Cefuroxime1500Branded](Medication-01C-Cefuroxime1500Branded.md), [Medication/01D-Cefuroxime750Branded](Medication-01D-Cefuroxime750Branded.md)... Show 6 more, [Medication/02A-ClotrimazoleCanifugCremolum](Medication-02A-ClotrimazoleCanifugCremolum.md), [Medication/02A1-CanifugCremolumCreamItem](Medication-02A1-CanifugCremolumCreamItem.md), [Medication/02A2-CanifugCremolumPessaryItem](Medication-02A2-CanifugCremolumPessaryItem.md), [Medication/03B-VitaminBComplexBranded](Medication-03B-VitaminBComplexBranded.md), [Medication/04A-FirmagonBranded](Medication-04A-FirmagonBranded.md) and [Medication/05A-Tilidin-Branded](Medication-05A-Tilidin-Branded.md)

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

### 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-medication-myhealtheu-epd.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-medication-myhealtheu-epd.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-medication-myhealtheu-epd.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "medication-myhealtheu-epd",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 1
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "draft"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-imposeProfile",
    "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/mpd/StructureDefinition/Medication-eu-mpd"
  }],
  "url" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/epd/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-epd",
  "version" : "1.0.0-poc",
  "name" : "MedicationMyHealthEuEpd",
  "title" : "Medication (EPD)",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2026-07-16T21:33:18+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 Medication 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"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright European Union, represented by the European Commission - DG SANTE. Licenced under CC-BY-4.0.",
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "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" : "Medication",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-core",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Medication",
      "path" : "Medication"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.extension:productName",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.extension",
      "sliceName" : "productName",
      "comment" : "This obligation applies in the eDispensation context (MyHealthEuMedicationEd). For ePrescription, product name is optional."
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.extension:sizeOfItem",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.extension",
      "sliceName" : "sizeOfItem"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.extension:packageType",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.extension",
      "sliceName" : "packageType"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.form",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.form"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.amount",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.amount"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-source",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-core|1.0.0"
        },
        {
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient.item[x]:itemCodeableConcept",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient.item[x]",
      "sliceName" : "itemCodeableConcept",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "CodeableConcept"
      }]
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient.isActive",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient.isActive"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient.strength",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        },
        {
          "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/tools/StructureDefinition/snapshot-source",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/StructureDefinition/medication-myhealtheu-core|1.0.0"
        },
        {
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:handle"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "http://fhir.ehdsi.eu/core/ActorDefinition/actor-handler-ehdsi"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient.strength"
    }]
  }
}

```
