Helix User Guide
Medication Elapsed Date

Elapsed date will indicate when the medication supply will come to an end for a patient for that medication. It can also be used by the practitioners to manually enter a date to indicate the completion of treatment. Elapsed date is calculated based on directions, quantity and repeats and the date in the prescription.

There are three indicators (labels) that occur based on the entry in the directions, as explained below.

Elapsed Date Indicators

Automatically Set - Successful calculation

There are some standard directions which are supported where the elapsed date is automatically calculated. In the example below, the elapsed date for ASPIRIN tablet 100mg with quantity of 7, with 1 daily as directions, and the date of prescribing 28/10/2019 will give us an elapsed date of 3/11/2019.

Directions:    

1 tab

daily

as directed

Dose

Frequency

Instructions

For a practitioner, this elapsed date means that the supply of ASPIRIN tablet 100mg will last until 3/11/2019 and they will need a provide new prescription after this date, or the medication will have to be ceased.

 

Unable to Automatically Set Elapsed Date - Unsuccessful calculation

There are some complex directions where the elapsed date is not automatically calculated as indicated as in the table below. In the example, the elapsed date ASPIRIN tablet 100mg with qty of 7 with two daily when required as directions and the date of 28/10/2019 will not give us an elapsed date.

 

Manually Set - Selecting a date manually

If the elapsed date is automatically set or unable to automatically set, the user can change the date manually by selecting the date and switch to automatic estimate if it was calculated.

Elapsed Date Warnings in the Health Summary

Based on the elapsed date calculated for a medication, the compliance warnings appear in health summary as indicated below

If the elapsed date is past today’s date, then it’s past elapsed date as indicated in Red. If it’s 7 days before the elapsed date, it’s indicated in blue as approaching elapsed date.