Dosage concepts
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Summary of Dosage concepts
Configuring dosage specifications for medication products within a program enhances healthcare representatives' efficiency and minimizes manual errors. Dosage configuration involves three primary components: dosage specifications, dosage characteristics, and dosage characteristic groups.
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Dosage specifications
A dosage specification defines the diagnosis details and dosage characteristics linked to a medication product in a program. Adding a dosage specification automatically creates a corresponding dosage definition entry, which serves as a request definition parameter used in the application.
Dosage characteristics
Dosage characteristics describe the attributes of a dosage specification. Each characteristic:
- Belongs to the Dosage characteristics group and maps to fields in the Dosage details section of the Medication Prescription form.
- Can have characteristic options that restrict values, such as limiting dosage quantity.
- Must be unique within its characteristic group to prevent duplicate entries for similar attributes (e.g., quantity per month vs. quantity per week).
Adding a dosage characteristic automatically generates a dosage variable, which appears as a dynamic field on the Medication Prescription form for easier data entry.
Dosage characteristic groups
Characteristic groups aggregate similar dosage characteristics for a dosage specification. Each group maps to a specific field in the Dosage details section on the Medication Prescription form. To display a dosage characteristic with a dosage specification, it must belong to a characteristic group that is mapped accordingly. The Dosage characteristics group is provided by default for this purpose.
Dosage characteristics mapping
The mapping connects dosage characteristic groups to fields on the Medication Prescription form's Dosage details section. This mapping is configurable via the DosageCharacteristicsMapper extension point, allowing customization to fit specific workflow needs.
The application includes sample characteristics and groups for Healthcare and Life Sciences workflows, which can be used as templates when creating dosage specifications. These mappings ensure that dosage information is accurately represented and entered in the Medication Prescription form, supporting precise medication management.
You can increase the efficiency of healthcare representatives and reduce manual errors by configuring dosage specifications for a medication product associated with a program
A dosage comprises the following key components:
To learn about how dosage components are linked to each other, see Dosage characteristics mapping.
Dosage specifications
A dosage specification consists of diagnosis details and dosage characteristics of a medication product associated with a program. For more information, see Dosage specification table.
Dosage characteristics
A dosage characteristic defines the attributes of a dosage specification.
A dosage characteristic has the following features:
- Is included in the Dosage characteristics characteristic group and a characteristic group mapped to a field in the Dosage details section of a medication prescription form.
- Can include a characteristic option to restrict the characteristic value. For example, to restrict the quantity of dosage. Else, when a characteristic option isn't specified for a dosage characteristic, a healthcare representative can later fill the corresponding field value in the Dosage details section of the Medication Prescription form.
- Is unique for a characteristic group when multiple entries for a characteristic are created. For example, when a dosage specification includes quantity characteristic as quantity per month supply, you can't add another characteristic for the quantity per week supply.
- Similar dosage characteristics are stored in the Characteristic Group [sn_prd_pm_configuration] table.
Characteristic groups for a dosage
A dosage characteristic group comprises the similar characteristics of a dosage specification. Each dosage characteristic maps to a field in the Dosage details section of the Medication Prescription form. For a dosage characteristic to appear with a dosage specification, you must include it in the following characteristic groups:
- A characteristic group mapped to a field in the Dosage details section of a medication prescription form.
- The Dosage characteristics characteristic group available by default.
Dosage characteristics mapping
You map a dosage characteristic group with a field in the Dosage details section of the Medication Prescription form. You can use the DosageCharacteristicsMapper extension point to configure the mapping between a characteristic group and a field in the Dosage details section of the Medication Prescription form. For more information, see Configure the mapping between a dosage characteristic and a dosage details field.
By default, the application provides a few sample characteristics and characteristic groups for the Healthcare and Life Sciences workflows that you can as a reference when creating a dosage specification.