# Medications use statement - same appraoch for past procedures / surgeries?

**Category:** [Clinical](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/clinical/5)
**Created:** 2024-07-12 08:48 UTC
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**Replies:** 2
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/medications-use-statement-same-appraoch-for-past-procedures-surgeries/5473

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## Post #1 by @johannes.schmidt

Hello,

first i want to express that I was extremely happy finding the v0-Archetype "Medication use statement".
https://ckm.openehr.org/ckm/archetypes/1013.1.4949
I started with the Medication screening questionnaire -  but from my point of view (although the general context is a questionnaire) the NOT "pre-defined screening questions" led to a disqualification.

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In my case the individual / patient is the source of information about the current medication.
Since the Archetype is still a v0 I would also love to share my thoughts on it:

My paper based template of information I need to  record simply askes:
*What medication are you currently taking?* followed by a table:
medication name - dose - morning -  noon - evening - night

In some cases I guess a structured / complex information about timing and dose is the way to go.
But coming from the simple questionnaire nature maybe an alternative / simplified dataelement would do the job.
![image|476x410](upload://jVCPCJdRXRMAnWsWjE5UWq5xGep.png)
As you can see I'm just using the text-elements to record dose and timing.

Looking forward to your comments.

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The real reason for my post is that I need an analogue approach for querying past operations (or more general past procedures).
A new archteype "Procedures performed statement" could be created with the medication use statement as a blueprint.

If there are no comments indicating I am completely  on the wrong track I would create a first version and put it on CKM for discussion.

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## Post #2 by @ian.mcnicoll

Hi Johannes,

I'd be happy to use the ACTION.proccdure archetype for a list of past procedures, unless this was a set of directed question like

Appendicectomy Y/N

If you want to make it clear that the patient supplied the information,  you can set the ENTRY.provider attribute to PARTY_SELF.

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## Post #3 by @johannes.schmidt

Hello Ian,

thx for the reply! 
I was afraid that I had used the wrong category.
I will check that option.

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