# Medication Statement IPS Profile - Medtech ALEX® AU Implementation Guide v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Medication Statement IPS Profile**

## Resource Profile: Medication Statement IPS Profile 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-medicationstatement-ips | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-01-12 | *Computable Name*:AlexMedicationStatementIps |

 
The Medication Statement resource exposed by ALEX for IPS 

**Usages:**

* Use this Profile: [Bundle - IPS (AU)](StructureDefinition-alex-ips.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/medtechglobal.fhir.alex|current/StructureDefinition/alex-medicationstatement-ips)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-alex-medicationstatement-ips.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-alex-medicationstatement-ips.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-alex-medicationstatement-ips.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "alex-medicationstatement-ips",
  "url" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-medicationstatement-ips",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "AlexMedicationStatementIps",
  "title" : "Medication Statement IPS Profile",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-01-12T22:43:00+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Medtech Global",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Medtech Global",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://medtechglobal.com/au/"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "supportau@medtechglobal.com"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "Medtech Support",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "supportau@medtechglobal.com",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "The Medication Statement resource exposed by ALEX for IPS",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code" : "001",
          "display" : "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "workflow",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
      "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "w5",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "MedicationStatement",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/au-medicationstatement",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.meta.security",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.meta.security",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/ValueSet/confidentiality"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.extension:longTerm",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.extension",
        "sliceName" : "longTerm",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.status",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.status",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/ValueSet/medication-statement-status"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]:medicationCodeableConcept",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.medication[x]",
        "sliceName" : "medicationCodeableConcept",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.subject",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.subject",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.subject.reference",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.subject.reference",
        "short" : "Reference to Patient resource"
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.subject.display",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.subject.display",
        "short" : "External Name of Patient"
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "type",
              "path" : "$this"
            }
          ],
          "ordered" : false,
          "rules" : "open"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]:effectiveDateTime",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.effective[x]",
        "sliceName" : "effectiveDateTime",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "dateTime"
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.note.text",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.note.text",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.text",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.text",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.patientInstruction",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.patientInstruction",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.timing",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.timing",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.timing.code",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.timing.code",
        "constraint" : [
          {
            "key" : "medstmt-daily-frequency-system",
            "severity" : "error",
            "human" : "MedicationStatement dosage timing codes must use SNOMED CT or Medtech daily-frequency codes",
            "expression" : "coding.all(system.empty() or system = 'http://snomed.info/sct' or system = 'https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/CodeSystem/daily-frequency')",
            "source" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/StructureDefinition/alex-medicationstatement-ips"
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "extensible",
          "valueSet" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/ValueSet/daily-frequency"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.route",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.route",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "https://alexapi.medtechglobal.com.au/fhir/ValueSet/route-of-administration"
        }
      },
      {
        "id" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.doseAndRate",
        "path" : "MedicationStatement.dosage.doseAndRate",
        "mustSupport" : true
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
