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Authorship & Timestamps

This page contains a summary on authorship and timestamps as described by CH EMED

Authorship

Document Author of the document (person / device) Author of the medical decision (person) Author original document; if different from the author of the medical decision (person)
MTP Composition.author 1..
(person 1.. | device 0..)
MedicationStatement.informationSource 1.. -
PRE Composition.author 1..
(person 1.. | device 0..)
MedicationRequest.requester 1.. -
DIS Composition.author 1..
(person 1.. | device 0..)
MedicationDispense.performer.actor 1..
MedicationAdministration.performer.actor 1..
-
PADV Composition.author 1..
(person 1.. | device 0..)
Observation.performer 1.. -
LIST Composition.author 1..
(device, which dynamically generates the document)
MedicationStatement.informationSource 1..
MedicationRequest.requester 1..
MedicationDispense.performer.actor 1..
MedicationAdministration.performer.actor 1..
Observation.performer 1..
MedicationStatement.extension:authorDocument 0..
MedicationRequest.extension:authorDocument 0..
MedicationDispense.extension:authorDocument 0..
MedicationAdministration.extension:authorDocument 0..
Observation.extension:authorDocument 0..
CARD Composition.author 1..
(person or device)
MedicationStatement.informationSource* 1.. MedicationStatement.extension:authorDocument* 0..

*: The CARD is an aggregation of all medications, respectively all documents, which may have had different authors. The “last author” (author of the last input for this treatment) is indicated in each case.

Timestamps

The document’s creation date and time is mapped for all documents in Bundle.timestamp and Composition.date.

It can also be specified at entry level :

Name Cardinality Description Default value
MedicationStatement.dateAsserted (1..1) When the statement was asserted -
MedicationRequest.authoredOn (1..1) When request was initially authored -
MedicationDispense.whenHandedOver (1..1) When product was given out -
Observation.issued (1..1) Date/Time this version was made available
Dosage.timing.boundsPeriod (Dosage - MedicationRequest) (0..1) Start and/or end of treatment By default, the start value will be set to the date of creation of the document specified in Bundle.timestamp and the end value will be null (valid ad infinitum)
Dosage.timing.boundsPeriod (Dosage - MedicationStatement / MedicationDispense) (0..1) Start and/or end of treatment By default, the start value will be set to the date of creation of the document specified in Bundle.timestamp and the end value will be null (valid ad infinitum)

This page was updated 2025-11-12