Health informatics — Medication management concepts and definitions

This document defines the various concepts and terminologies used in the pharmacy domain relating to creating medication lists from existing data. It explains the logical steps in a medication therapy of a patient, and states which data elements are required and what is done with the data.

Main sections:

· Scope

· General process

· Data elements relevant to medication management

· Process steps

· Definitions of medication management

· Example use case — Storyboard patient intake at hospital admission

· Annex A: External reference examples