Pharmacy (PHARM) Domain

Technical Framework (To Be Developed)

Public Comment

The following documents are currently open for Public Comment:

The IHE Pharmacy Technical Committee has published the following supplement for public comment in the period from May 9, 2025 through June 9, 2025:

• Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD) Rev. 1.0.0-comment-2 - Published 2025-05-09

Comments on this Implementation Guide should be submitted by June 9, 2025. Submit your comments here or create an pharm-mpd GitHub Issue.

Supplements for Trial Implementation

The IHE Pharmacy Technical Committee invites organizations to begin development work based on the following supplements. These trial implementation profiles are eligible for testing at subsequent IHE Connectathons.

• Common Parts Document - Revised 2014-09-29
• Community Dispense (DIS) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Medication Administration (CMA) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Medication List (PML) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Medication Prescription and Dispense (CMPD) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Medication Treatment Plan (MTP) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Pharmaceutical Advice (PADV) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Community Prescription (PRE) - Revised 2022-02-17
• Hospital Medication Workflow (HMW) - Revised 2013-10-11
• Mobile Medication Administration (MMA) - Published 2017-12-04
• Uniform Barcode Processing (UBP) - Published 2017-12-04

Handbooks

None

White Papers

The IHE Pharmacy Technical Committee has published the following white paper.

• Supply of Products for Healthcare - Published 2020-03-11

Archive

Please note the following regarding Pharmacy Archives:

• Some Pharmacy specifications (e.g., MPD) are published as HTML Implementation Guides and are identified above with the icons. For these specifications, the superseded version(s) can be found on the "Version History Table" page as described here. Prior PDF format archives are available on the Pharmacy Archives page as discussed below.
• Supplements, white papers, and handbooks published in PDF form, or prior versions of all specifications in PDF form, can be found at the Pharmacy Archives as described below.

The Pharmacy Archives page contains deprecated PDF supplements and superseded versions of the Technical Framework Volumes, white papers and handbooks. As of July 2012, it also contains:

• Superseded versions of trial implementation supplements
• Current published versions of the Technical Framework volumes and supplements

Current documents (published July 2012 or later) have generic files names, for example:

• IHE_PHARM_Suppl_PRE

Those links always return the most recent published document and support linking (Technical Framework Volumes only) to specific sections (section linking details here). File names on the archive page include revision numbers, status and date of publication, and can be used to link to specific versions of a document:

• IHE_PHARM_Suppl_PRE_Rev1-10_TI_2022-02-17