# Medication: MPD - HL7 Europe Medication Prescription and Dispense v1.0.0

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **Medication: MPD**

## Resource Profile: Medication: MPD 

| | |
| :--- | :--- |
| *Official URL*:http://hl7.eu/fhir/mpd-r5/StructureDefinition/Medication-eu-mpd | *Version*:1.0.0 |
| Active as of 2026-05-27 | *Computable Name*:MedicationEuMpd |
| **Copyright/Legal**: Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0). | |

 
This profile defines how to represent Medication data on ePrescription and eDispensation. The profile is equal to Medication EU Core and only adds obligations. 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [MedicationDispense: MPD](StructureDefinition-MedicationDispense-eu-mpd.md) and [MedicationRequest: MPD](StructureDefinition-MedicationRequest-eu-mpd.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Medication/01A-Cefuroxime1500GenericExplicit](Medication-01A-Cefuroxime1500GenericExplicit.md), [Medication/01B-Cefuroxime1500GenericConcept](Medication-01B-Cefuroxime1500GenericConcept.md), [Medication/01C-Cefuroxime1500Branded](Medication-01C-Cefuroxime1500Branded.md), [Medication/01D-Cefuroxime750Branded](Medication-01D-Cefuroxime750Branded.md)... Show 6 more, [Medication/02A-ClotrimazoleCanifugCremolum](Medication-02A-ClotrimazoleCanifugCremolum.md), [Medication/02A1-CanifugCremolumCreamItem](Medication-02A1-CanifugCremolumCreamItem.md), [Medication/02A2-CanifugCremolumPessaryItem](Medication-02A2-CanifugCremolumPessaryItem.md), [Medication/03B-VitaminBComplexBranded](Medication-03B-VitaminBComplexBranded.md), [Medication/04A-FirmagonBranded](Medication-04A-FirmagonBranded.md) and [Medication/05A-Tilidin-Branded](Medication-05A-Tilidin-Branded.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/resource/hl7.fhir.eu.mpd-r5|current/StructureDefinition/StructureDefinition-Medication-eu-mpd.json)

### 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-Medication-eu-mpd.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-Medication-eu-mpd.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-Medication-eu-mpd.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "Medication-eu-mpd",
  "url" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/mpd-r5/StructureDefinition/Medication-eu-mpd",
  "version" : "1.0.0",
  "name" : "MedicationEuMpd",
  "title" : "Medication: MPD",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-05-27T08:52:28+00:00",
  "publisher" : "HL7 Europe",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "HL7 Europe",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://hl7.eu"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "This profile defines how to represent Medication data on ePrescription and eDispensation. The profile is equal to Medication EU Core and only adds obligations.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
      "code" : "150",
      "display" : "Europe"
    }]
  }],
  "copyright" : "Copyright HL7 Europe. Licensed under creative commons public domain (CC0 1.0).",
  "fhirVersion" : "5.0.0",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "script10.6",
    "uri" : "http://ncpdp.org/SCRIPT10_6",
    "name" : "Mapping to NCPDP SCRIPT 10.6"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "v2",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
    "name" : "HL7 V2 Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Medication",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.eu/fhir/base-r5/StructureDefinition/medication-eu-core",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Medication",
      "path" : "Medication"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.extension:productName",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.extension",
      "sliceName" : "productName"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.identifier",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.identifier"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.code",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHALL:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.code"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.doseForm",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.doseForm"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient.item",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient.item"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Medication.ingredient.strength[x]",
      "extension" : [{
        "extension" : [{
          "url" : "code",
          "valueCode" : "SHOULD:able-to-populate"
        },
        {
          "url" : "actor",
          "valueCanonical" : "https://www.xt-ehr.eu/specifications/fhir/actor-producer"
        }],
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/obligation"
      }],
      "path" : "Medication.ingredient.strength[x]"
    }]
  }
}

```
