Medication Elapsed Date
A medication's elapsed date indicates when the medication supply will come to an end for that patient.
Elapsed Date Warnings in the Health Summary
The elapsed date is calculated automatically based on directions, quantity and repeats and the dates in the prescription. Practitioners can also enter a date manually to indicate the completion of treatment.
- Approaching elapse date - regular, long term medications with an elapse date within 7 days are rendered with a blue-grey background, to remind you to review and represcribe the medication to ensure that the patient has enough supply.
- Past elapse date - regular, long term medications where the medication elapse date is before today's date are rendered with a red background.
Elapsed Date Indicators
Elapsed date for regular, long term medications is determined by dose, frequency and instructions.
Automatically set - successful calculation
Dose | Frequency | Instructions |
---|---|---|
1 tab | daily | as directed |
For a practitioner, this elapsed date means that the supply of ASPIRIN tablet 100mg will last until 5/9/2023 and they will need to provide a new prescription after this date, or the medication will have to be ceased.
Unable to automatically set elapsed date - unsuccessful calculation
Manually set - selecting a date manually
Whether the elapsed date is automatically set or unable to be automatically set, you can change the elapse date manually: select the date and switch to Use automatic estimate if it was calculated.