Describes the event of a patient consuming or otherwise being administered a medication. This may be as simple as swallowing a tablet or it may be a long running infusion. Related resources tie this event to the authorizing prescription, and the specific encounter between patient and health care practitioner.

MedicationAdministration
identifier
External identifier
instantiates
Instantiates protocol or definition
partOf
Part of referenced event
status
in-progress | not-done | on-hold | completed | entered-in-error | stopped | unknown
statusReason
Reason administration not performed
category
Type of medication usage
medication[x]
What was administered
subject
Who received medication
context
Encounter or Episode of Care administered as part of
supportingInformation
Additional information to support administration
effective[x]
Start and end time of administration
performer
Who performed the medication administration and what they did
function
Type of performance
actor
Who performed the medication administration
reasonCode
Reason administration performed
reasonReference
Condition or observation that supports why the medication was administered
request
Request administration performed against
device
Device used to administer
note
Information about the administration
dosage
Details of how medication was taken
site
Body site administered to
route
Path of substance into body
method
How drug was administered
dose
Amount of medication per dose
rate[x]
Dose quantity per unit of time
eventHistory
A list of events of interest in the lifecycle