One item per prescription

[recipe-ruben]

Currently, in the prescription model, we can find the following properties:

* dispenseRequest 0..1 Class "Dispense Request or authorization for the prescribed medication"
  * dispenseInterval 0..1 Duration "Minimum period of time between dispenses"
  * quantityPerDispense 0..1 SimpleQuantity "Amount of medication to supply per dispense"

Currently it is only possible to prescribe one product per electronic prescription. Therefore, multiple dispenses for a single prescription are not allowed. As long as the legislation doesn't change, it seems best to adjust this to:

* dispenseRequest 0..1 Class "Dispense Request or authorization for the prescribed medication"
  * dispenseDuration 0..1 Duration "Duration of the treatment"
  * quantityForDispense 0..1 SimpleQuantity "Amount of medication to supply for this dispense"

[costateixeira]

Do we need those attributes then? The dispenseRequest is for the logistics of the dispense. We should not redefine it for clinicals aspects "duration of treatment" . We can discuss what is the intent but we should only constrain the meaning of the elements.

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[recipe-ruben]

How can we better emphasize that the prescription is for a single dispense only?

Each prescription can only be dispensed once, but it may have a quantity of one or more. Therefore, would it be better to structure it like this:

* dispenseRequest 0..1 BackboneElement "Medication supply authorization"
  * numberOfRepeatsAllowed 0..1 unsignedint "Number of refills authorized"
  * quantity 0..1 SimpleQuantity "Amount of medication to supply per dispense"

In this structure:

• quantity can be one or more.
• numberOfRepeatsAllowed should always be 0 (for single dispense only, no refills).