pharmacy current

pharm_curr

pharmacy

Updated 5/15/2026

Definition

A flag or indicator identifying the most recent or active version of a pharmacy record in a healthcare data system. Used in pharmacy data warehouses implementing slowly changing dimension patterns to distinguish current pharmacy information from historical versions of the same pharmacy record.

Standard Abbreviation

pharm_curr

Database Usage

-- Example column naming
CREATE TABLE claims (
  clm_id VARCHAR(50),
  pharm_curr VARCHAR(100),  -- pharmacy current (max 100 chars)
  ...
);

-- Example in SELECT
SELECT
  clm_id,
  pharm_curr as pharmacy_current
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
pharm_curr

-- Example DDL
CREATE TABLE healthcare_data (
  record_id   VARCHAR(50)   NOT NULL,
  pharm_curr   VARCHAR(100),  -- pharmacy current (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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