The Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Advice Document Profile (PADV) describes the content and format of a pharmaceutical advice generated during the process in which a health care professional (in most cases, but not necessarily always, a pharmacist) validates a prescription item of a prescription against pharmaceutical knowledge and regulations. The validation can be with regard to conflicts with other prescription items or current medication of the patient or other reasons which affect the further processing of the prescription item (may be dispensed, dispensed with change, etc.).
Documents created according to this profile are intended to be used in the context of the “Community Prescription and Dispense” Integration Profile (CMPD).