PatientPrescriptions


Description

Patient prescription management storing comprehensive medication and prescription information for patients including dosage, refills, and administration details. This table manages patient prescriptions including prescription types, status tracking, start/end dates, refill information, dosage instructions, and administration routes, supporting medication management, prescription tracking, and comprehensive patient care coordination.

Columns

Column Type Size Nulls Auto Default Children Parents Comments
PatientPrescripID int identity 4 null

Primary key - Unique identifier for each patient prescription record

PrescripTypeID int 4 null
prescripTypes.prescripTypeID FK__PatientPr__Presc__69D19EED R

Prescription type reference - Links to prescripTypes table for the type of prescription (foreign key to prescripTypes.prescripTypeID)

PatientID int 4 null

Patient reference - Links to Patient table for the patient receiving this prescription

PrescripStatusID int 4 null

Prescription status reference - Links to prescription status classification

StartDate datetime 16,3 null

Prescription start date - Date when prescription becomes effective

EndDate datetime 16,3 null

Prescription end date - Date when prescription expires or is discontinued

Refill varchar 10 null

Refill information - Refill instructions or status for the prescription

numOfRefills int 4 null

Number of refills - Total number of refills allowed for this prescription

numOfDaysBtwnRefills int 4 null

Days between refills - Number of days required between prescription refills

Route varchar 20 null

Administration route - Method of medication administration (e.g., ‘Oral’, ‘Topical’, ‘Injection’)

Dose varchar 20 null

Dosage amount - Amount of medication per dose

Frequency varchar 20 null

Dosage frequency - How often medication should be taken (e.g., ‘Daily’, ‘Twice daily’)

Quantity varchar 20 null

Prescription quantity - Total quantity of medication prescribed

Comments varchar 100 null

Prescription comments - Additional notes or special instructions for the prescription

CaseID int 4 null
PatientAdministration.AdmitID FK__PatientPr__Admit__4EF38B7F C

Case reference - Links to PatientAdministration table for the patient case

DateCreated smalldatetime 16 (getdate())

Creation date - Date when the prescription record was created

CreatedBy int 4 null

Created by user - UserID of the person who created the prescription record

DateUpdated smalldatetime 16 null

Last update date - Date when the prescription record was last modified

UpdatedBy int 4 null

Updated by user - UserID of the person who last updated the prescription record

Indexes

Constraint Name Type Sort Column(s)
PK__PatientPrescript__68DD7AB4 Primary key Asc PatientPrescripID

Relationships