dispense arrival time

disp_arrv_tm

pharmacy

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

The patient arrival time for a medication distribution. Used to track temporal information related to dispense arrival time. This field is commonly used in electronic health records (EHR), healthcare information systems (HIS), and clinical data warehouses for dispense management and reporting.

Standard Abbreviation

disp_arrv_tm

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  disp_arrv_tm VARCHAR(100),  -- dispense arrival time (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  disp_arrv_tm as dispense_arrival_time
FROM claims;

Common uses in healthcare data

PBM claims adjudication and drug utilization review
Controlled substance monitoring and DEA compliance
Pharmacy data warehouse and ETL pipeline design
Prior authorization and step therapy workflows
Medicare Part D reporting and CMS submissions

Example database column name

ISO-11179 snake_case standard

-- Recommended column name
disp_arrv_tm

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  disp_arrv_tm VARCHAR(100),  -- dispense arrival time (max 100 chars)
  created_dt  TIMESTAMP     NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
);

Column names follow the ISO-11179 naming convention: lowercase, underscore-separated, using the standard abbreviation as a prefix where applicable.

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