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Medication is used as agreed

The patient has been prescribed ferrous fumarate for anaemia.

MA: ferrous fumarate 100 mg tablet, 1 tablet twice per week, to be taken half an hour before meals

The medication starts on 4 June and has no end date. On 10 June, the GP records the patient’s medication use for the period from 4 to 10 June.

Completion of the MedicationUse building block:

Data element	Value
ProductUsed	ferrous fumarate 100 mg tablet
UseIndicator	yes
AsAgreedIndicator	yes
MedicationUseStopType	leave empty
startDateTime	4 June yyyy
endDateTime	10 June yyyy
DosingInstructions	as agreed

Medication is used as agreed and patients intends to keep doing so

The patient has been prescribed ferrous fumarate for anaemia.

MA: ferrous fumarate 100 mg tablet, 1 tablet twice per week, to be taken half an hour before meals

The medication starts on 4 June and has no end date. On 10 June, the GP records the patient’s medication use and their intention to keep using this medication as agreed.

Completion of the MedicationUse building block:

Data element	Value
ProductUsed	ferrous fumarate 100 mg tablet
UseIndicator	yes
AsAgreedIndicator	yes
MedicationUseStopType	leave empty
startDateTime	4 June yyyy
endDateTime	leave empty
DosingInstructions	as agreed

Medication is not used, this is as agreed

The patient has been prescribed ferrous fumarate for anaemia.

MA: ferrous fumarate 100 mg tablet, 1 tablet twice per week, to be taken half an hour before meals

The medication starts on 4 June yyyy.
On 12 August yyyy, a follow-up check shows that the patient no longer has anaemia, and the doctor decides to stop the medication. At a subsequent consultation, the doctor records during medication verification that the patient has indeed stopped taking this medication from 12 August yyyy.



Completion of the MedicationUse building block:

Data element	Value
ProductUsed	ferrous fumarate tablet 100 mg
UseIndicator	no
AsAgreedIndicator	yes
MedicationUseStopType	discontinued (or leave empty)*
startDateTime	12 August yyyy
endDateTime	leave empty
DosingInstructions	leave empty

* When stopping medication in accordance with the MA/TA, it does not matter whether the data element MedicationUseStopType is filled with the value ‘discontinued’ or left empty. Both situations are processed correctly on the receiving end and indicate the same type of stop.
If the medication is stopped not in accordance with the MA/TA, the data element MedicationUseStopType is expected to be filled with the value ‘discontinued’.

Correcting inadvertently outstanding medication (‘orphan’) during medication verification

A patient was admitted to hospital for acute treatment. Several medicines were prescribed during the admission. A medicine that was intended to be temporary was accidentally not stopped upon discharge. The corresponding MA was recorded without an endDateTime. This MA is therefore an ‘orphan’: an incorrectly active building block.

A few weeks after discharge, the patient visits their GP for a check-up. During medication verification, the GP notices the incorrectly outstanding MA and records a stop-MA for this medication. The stop-MA is made available and sent to the prescribing specialist.

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Document history

Version	Date	Description
9 3.0.0-rc.2	March 2026	for all changes see: *Release notes