OVERVIEW – Medication with a Future Start Date
When your pharmacy adds a new drug to one of your resident’s medication list they must decide on when the medication is start:
• Immediately
• Tomorrow
• Next Medication Cycle
• Free choice
This could result in you being in receipt of medication with a future start date.
Any items that have been approved by your pharmacy, but not started “immediately” will now appear in Grey at the bottom of the list of medication for the resident on your handset. You can update the future start date chosen by your pharmacy, by selecting the “Start Now” option to start the item
immediately.
At present the ability to amend the start date is only available via the Atlas eMAR app on your handset(s).
Safety Tip
It is important to check why your pharmacy has chosen a future start date for the item. It is possible that this new item is to replace an existing item already “Active” on the resident’s medication list, which would need to be stopped before starting the medication.