Pharmacologic agents used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Data Element

Medication Administration Status
Description
A code specifying the status of the Administration of a drug. This would clearly identify the current status of the drug administration. At any time, some codes may be ambiguous, such as “in-progress”, in that it is not currently clear if the administration process moved forward. Other codes will provide definitive states of the administration. For instance, “completed” shows the administration was completed, while “entered-on-error” indicates the prescription process was halted and the administration did not move forward

Comment

This must be included in USCDI

  • This MUST finally be included in USCDI.  Multiple agencies have made a STRONG case for this. Continued lack of inclusion in USCDI is difficult to comprehend as at is a basic healthcare component used widely around the globe.  Additionally, relegation all the way to Level 0 contradicts all fact:
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  • Not represented by a terminology standard or SDO-balloted technical specification or implementation guide:  FALSE: Represented by many FHIR IG's including Vulcan RWD IG (https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/vulcan-rwd/) , AU Base Medication Administration - AU Base Implementation Guide v4.2.2-ci-build (fhir.org), Home - Epic on FHIR, etc)
  • In the Vulcan RWD IG, the IG does not ask for very much, but it does expect Administered Medication to be standardized in HL7 FHIR.  The minimum the RWD IG requires is 
  • ... status        code    in-progress | not-done | on-hold | completed | entered-in-error | stopped | unknown
    ... medication[x]    CodeableConcept, Reference(Medication)    What was administered
    ... subject    S    1..1        Who received medication
    ... effective[x]    dateTime, Period    Start and end time of administration
  • Data element is captured, stored, or accessed in limited settings such as a pilot or proof of concept demonstration: FALSE: any in-patient healthcare facility contains administered medication data and is a critical aspect of healthcare information.  If not used by TEFCA, there will be zero knowledge of actual administered medications which will cause a needless risk to the health of the public.
  • Data element is electronically exchanged in limited environments, such as connectathons or pilots: FALSE: any in-patient healthcare facility contains administered medication data and is a critical aspect of healthcare information.  If not used by TEFCA, there will be zero knowledge of actual administered medications which will cause a needless risk to the health of the public.
  • Use cases apply to a limited number of care settings or specialties, or data element represents a specialization of other, more general data elements: FALSE: any in-patient healthcare facility contains administered medication data and is a critical aspect of healthcare information.  If not used by TEFCA, there will be zero knowledge of actual administered medications which will cause a needless risk to the health of the public.
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  • Level 2 at minimum is more accurate, and it used to be in Level 2.  And it really should be part of USCDI
  • Represented by a terminology standard or SDO-balloted technical specification or implementation guide.
  • Data element is captured, stored, or accessed in multiple production EHRs or other HIT modules from more than one developer.
  • Data element is electronically exchanged between more than two production EHRs or other HIT modules of different developers using available interoperability standards.
  • Use cases apply to most care settings or specialties.

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