Name of MedicationPrescription

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    • Type: Change Request
    • Resolution: Persuasive with Modification
    • Priority: Medium
    • FHIR Core (FHIR)
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]
    • Pharmacy
    • STU
    • MedicationRequest
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      Change name to MedicationOrder and update definition And add alias Prescription.

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      Change name to MedicationOrder and update definition And add alias Prescription.
    • John/Marla: 5-0-0
    • Clarification
    • Non-compatible
    • DSTU1 [deprecated]

      The scope of the MedicationPrescription goes well beyond prescriptions and medication orders. It also encompasses the following things:

      • encoded orders created by the pharmacy based on a prescription/med order
        - MAR entries within a nursing system
        - recommendations provided from a decision support engine that a patient be on a particular medication
        - a care plan that includes a plan for a patient to be on a particular medication

      These additional uses aren't terribly clear from the existing name. As well, some of the descriptions seem to limit themselves to the "order" use-case. Consider renaming to MedicationRequest with an alias of Prescription and ensure descriptions are clear

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            Reporter:
            Lloyd McKenzie
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