# 2022-06-13 TAC: Order Templates to Support Drug Orders **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Tags:** meetings, tac\ **Created:** [June 10, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/2022-06-13-tac-order-templates-to-support-drug-orders/36859 "2022-06-10T16:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/2022-06-13-tac-order-templates-to-support-drug-orders/36859/1 "2022-06-10T16:38:46Z")
#### Agenda for Monday (13 June): Order Templates to Support Drug Orders **Where:** om.rs/zoomtac **When:** Monday at **4pm UTC** / 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm CEST / 7pm EAT / 9:30pm IST Background from [this post](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/drug-orders-order-templates-modelling/36835): > [@Drug Orders: Order Templates modelling](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/drug-orders-order-templates-modelling/36835/1): > > Hi all following [this talk post](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/urgent-tac-request-modelling-for-drug-orders-in-3-x-formulary-vs-prescription-vs/36283/9) and other many conversations we had on TAC calls, hackathons and other forums we all think it’s time to move forward with backend support for Order Templates. > > I’ve managed to make the order basket show some data (linked to the backend and the example JSON on esm-medication) as you can see on the image bellow: > > ![image](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68815edad00625c5ae417cc23a0e0e6b79a1f041.png)… > > As we can see, an Order Template is a combination of a `dosageUnit` , `route`, `frequency` and `commonDosage` > > ![image](https://talk.openmrs.org/uploads/default/original/3X/8/a/8af270ab98145cd3f4461ec30aa6af6d297e474e.png) > > Looking forward to hear from you and to get this ball rolling. 😉 And [this earlier post](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/urgent-tac-request-modelling-for-drug-orders-in-3-x-formulary-vs-prescription-vs/36283/9): > [@Urgent TAC Request: Modelling for Drug Orders in 3.x (Formulary vs Prescription vs ...?)](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/urgent-tac-request-modelling-for-drug-orders-in-3-x-formulary-vs-prescription-vs/36283/9): > > To summarize from our 2022-03-30 TAC call, we reviewed these aspects of drug orders: > > | Area | Example | Description | > | --- | --- | --- | > | Concept | amoxicillin | Active ingredient (the drug the provider wants the patient to get) | > | Drug | amoxicillin 500 mg capsule | The form of the drug available (e.g., stock item) | > | Order template | amoxicillin [250 mg,500 mg] [by mouth,by feeding tube] [three times daily,four times daily] | | > | (_defaults underscored_) | How the drug can be (or is typically) ordered. | | > | Order sets | \* _Ear infection_ | | > | amoxicillin 500 mg by mouth three times daily | | | > > - _Pneumonia_ amoxicillin 1000 mg by mouth three times daily|Predefining a set of orders appropriate for a specific use case (multiple drug regimens, treating specific conditions, etc.)| > > We decided that we need to introduce order templates as a first class citizen within OpenMRS. We’d like to model these aligned with FHIR’s model. A workaround for existing/previous versions might be to introduce these order templates within one catch-all order set (since order set member does have a space for order template), but we ultimately want order template to be a first class citizen that can be associated with a drug outside of order sets. /cc @eudson @mseaton ---
**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/2022-06-13-tac-order-templates-to-support-drug-orders/36859/2 "2022-06-15T13:02:07Z")
In the past, we had these order template proposals: [[TRUNK-2379] API support for order set members with multiple dosing options - OpenMRS Issues](https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/TRUNK-2379)