# BeModelReferralPrescription - Digital Referral Prescription Implementation Guide v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **BeModelReferralPrescription**

## Logical Model: BeModelReferralPrescription 

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| *Official URL*:https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/drp/StructureDefinition/BeModelReferralPrescription | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Draft as of 2025-10-17 | *Computable Name*:BeModelReferralPrescription |

 
Data model for the prescription referral. 

**Usages:**

* Derived from this Logical Model: [BeModelNursingPrescription](StructureDefinition-BeModelNursingPrescription.md) and [BeModelRadiologyPrescription](StructureDefinition-BeModelRadiologyPrescription.md)
* Refer to this Logical Model: [BeModelOrganisationClaim](StructureDefinition-BeModelOrganisationClaim.md) and [BeModelTreatmentStatus](StructureDefinition-BeModelTreatmentStatus.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.be.drp|current/StructureDefinition/BeModelReferralPrescription)

### 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-BeModelReferralPrescription.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-BeModelReferralPrescription.xlsx) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription",
  "extension" : [
    {
      "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-type-characteristics",
      "valueCode" : "can-be-target"
    }
  ],
  "url" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/drp/StructureDefinition/BeModelReferralPrescription",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "BeModelReferralPrescription",
  "status" : "draft",
  "date" : "2025-10-17T08:37:16+00:00",
  "description" : "Data model for the prescription referral.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "BE",
          "display" : "Belgium"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "kind" : "logical",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "https://www.ehealth.fgov.be/standards/fhir/drp/StructureDefinition/BeModelReferralPrescription",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Base",
  "derivation" : "specialization",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription",
        "short" : "BeModelReferralPrescription",
        "definition" : "Data model for the prescription referral."
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.identifier",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.identifier",
        "short" : "Business identifier of the request",
        "definition" : "Business identifier of the request",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.shortCode",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.shortCode",
        "short" : "Business code allowing the healthcare professional to find a prescription associated with a patient",
        "definition" : "Business code allowing the healthcare professional to find a prescription associated with a patient",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.recordedDate",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.recordedDate",
        "short" : "Date of recording of the information by the Recorder.",
        "definition" : "Date of recording of the information by the Recorder.",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "dateTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.creationDate",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.creationDate",
        "short" : "Date of creation of the referral prescription",
        "definition" : "Date of creation of the referral prescription. This date will not change throughout the process. This date corresponds to the first recordedDate recorded for this referral prescription.",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "dateTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.patient",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.patient",
        "short" : "Identification of the patient. The unique identifier must be: NISS, National Registry Number or Bis Patient",
        "definition" : "Is the unique identifier of the patient. The unique identifier must be: NISS, National Registry Number or Bis Patient",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.author",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.author",
        "short" : "The person who encodes the prescription (e.g. a doctor, nurse, midwife or dentist) and takes responsibility for their content. The unique identifier must be: NISS, National Registry Number or Bis Requester",
        "definition" : "Is the unique identifier of the person who encodes the prescription (e.g. a doctor, nurse, midwife or dentist) and takes responsibility for their content. The unique identifier must be: NISS, National Registry Number or Bis Requester",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.status",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.status",
        "short" : "Is the status of the referral prescription (e.g. planned, complete, stopped, suspended, in progress, ….)",
        "definition" : "Is the status of the referral prescription (e.g. planned, complete, stopped, suspended, in progress, ...)",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.statusReason",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.statusReason",
        "short" : "Gives the reason for the status of the referral prescription (treatment has been changed, patient is allergic, patient refuses, …)",
        "definition" : "Gives the reason for the status of the referral prescription (treatment has been changed, patient is allergic, patient refuses, ...)",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.careRequested",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.careRequested",
        "short" : "Type of care requested (e.g. 'Compression therapy', 'Sample collection', CT Scan).",
        "definition" : "Type of care requested (e.g. 'Compression therapy', 'Sample collection', 'CT Scan').",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.discipline",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.discipline",
        "short" : "Category of the requested care (nursing, radiology, ...)",
        "definition" : "Category of the requested care (nursing, radiology, ...)",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.description",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.description",
        "short" : "Additional details on the requested care",
        "definition" : "Additional details on the requested care",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.type",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.type",
        "short" : "Type of the request or prescription ('Prescription' or 'Proposal').",
        "definition" : "Type of the request or prescription ('Prescription' or 'Proposal').",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.originRequestId",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.originRequestId",
        "short" : "Reference to the ID of the original request (useful when the request is an extension of another one).",
        "definition" : "Reference to the ID of the original request (useful when the request is an extension of another one).",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.validationStartDate",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.validationStartDate",
        "short" : "Start date of the prescription validity (encoded by the prescriber).",
        "definition" : "Start date of the prescription validity (encoded by the prescriber).",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "dateTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.validationEndDate",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.validationEndDate",
        "short" : "End date of the prescription validity (encoded by the prescriber)",
        "definition" : "End date of the prescription validity (encoded by the prescriber)",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "dateTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.problem",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.problem",
        "short" : "Medical problem or clinical context related to this request (for example: 'Open wound', 'Broken leg').",
        "definition" : "Medical problem or clinical context related to this request (for example: 'Open wound', 'Broken leg').",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.bodyLocation",
        "path" : "BeModelReferralPrescription.bodyLocation",
        "short" : "Anatomical location where the treatment should be applied (for example: 'Left arm').",
        "definition" : "Anatomical location where the treatment should be applied (for example: 'Left arm').",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "*",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "CodeableConcept"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
