# Scope and Content - HL7 Europe Medication Prescription and Dispense v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* **Scope and Content**

## Scope and Content

The scope of this implementation guide is **Medication Prescription and Dispense** in the **European** Context. It is coherent with the [European eHN Guidelines](https://health.ec.europa.eu/ehealth-digital-health-and-care/key-documents_en) and preparatory EHDS work.

This implementation guide is designed to be a flexible basis for national specifications as well as crossborder services.

The EHDS regulation defines the priority categories with the following scope restrictions:

* the prescription is for a medicinal product,
* the prescription is issued by a health professional,
* the prescription is issued for a patient,
* the medication is dispensed by a pharmacy (including online pharmacy),
* the medication is dispensed to a natural person.

While the implementation guide is focusing on the scope mandated by EHDS, it remains flexible to accommodate neighbouring use cases (hospital medication, dispensation by a device, etc) that may benefit from using the same guide as their base.

