About Setting a Service Date for an Order
In iKnowMed there are a few places where you set the Dates of Service for an order, such as setting a Regimen Start Date, ordering a Non-medication, and maintaining an Order Set.
Set a Service Date for an Order
To select an order Service Date, check the box for each Service Date and/or click each Calendar Date you want the order to be performed on.
To set the order to be recurring:
Check the box for Every ____ Days, Every ____ Weeks, and/or Every ____ Months box.
In the first empty field (i.e., Every ____), enter how often the order should occur.
In the second empty field (i.e., x ____), enter how many orders to schedule.
Under Starting, choose when to schedule the first order.
To schedule the first order in a number of weeks, choose In ____ Week(s) and enter how many weeks.
To schedule the first order on a specific date, choose the second option and select a date.
Fuzzy Dates
In iKnowMed, an order can be created with an exact Calendar date, a Fuzzy date, or a SuperFuzzy date.
A Calendar date looks like "03/31/2025". It is immediately clear on what month, day, and year an order with a Calendar date is set to be performed.
A Fuzzy date looks like "in 2 weeks". In this case, iKnowMed is able to calculate a Calendar date that is close to the preferred date. For example, if you create an order on March 30th and set the order date to "in 2 weeks", iKnowMed calculates the Perform Date to be April 13th.
A SuperFuzzy date looks like "Prior to Next Visit". In this case, the information needed to calculate a Calendar date from a SuperFuzzy date is not available to iKnowMed.