ARTICLE: How to set medication frequency patterns
Frequency patterns can be used for any Prescription (PMO) medication that is not scheduled to occur on an every day frequency.
Reach provides four (4) pattern creation methods that allow for a large variation of pattern structures to be created. These pattern structures are
Type | Description | Recurring |
|---|---|---|
Simple Pattern | Basic recurring patterns by day, week or month | Yes |
Custom Pattern | Set custom dates in a calendar | No |
Day Range Pattern | Custom recurring patterns over any day range | Yes |
Week of Month Pattern | Custom recurring patterns over any week of month profile | Yes |
Simple Patterns
The simple pattern creator allows you to create basic recurring patterns such as;
Recurring skip frequencies (eg: medicate every second day), and
Designated days of the week (eg: medicate every Mon-Wed-Fri)
These are the most common recurring patterns that we see created in Reach and examples of these patterns are demonstrated below.
How to set a Recurring Skip pattern (eg: medicate every 2nd day)
Select Simple Pattern creator.
Set your start date.
Set the time of day for the medication. If multiple times per day are required then you can select multiple times in this selector.
Set the DAY pattern setting.
Set the repeating schedule (eg: every 2 days).
Set the expiry date for this frequency schedule or the number of occurrences for the pattern.
Show the scheduled pattern in a calendar view to review the setting is accurate to what you need.
Set the Expiration Date for the medication. Not that you must set the expiration for the frequency schedule and also for the medication itself.
How to set a Designated Days of Week pattern (eg: medicate every Mon-Wed-Fri)
Select Simple Pattern creator
Set your start date
Set the time of day for the medication
Set the WEEK pattern setting
Set the repeating schedule (eg: every week, every second week)
Set the Days of the week
Set the expiry date for this medication or the number of occurrences for the pattern.
Show the scheduled pattern in a calendar view to review the setting is accurate to what you need.
Set the Expiration Date for the medication. Not that you must set the expiration for the frequency schedule and also for the medication itself.
Custom Patterns
Custom Patterns can be used whenever you have a complex frequency schedule for a medication that does not follow any particular pattern.
With Custom Patterns you simple select from a calendar view the date and time that you want to schedule a medication dosage for. You can build the frequency schedule out over whatever date range you need to and you can schedule multiple dosage per day if required.
Custom patterns are not recurring. Medications are scheduled only for the days and times that are selected in the Custom pattern calendar.
How to set a Custom Pattern
Select the Custom Pattern frequency selector
Select the day that you want to medicate
Set the time that you want to medicate in that day
When done with select the close pattern selector view
Check that the number of Items Scheduled matches your intended pattern.
Day Range Patterns
Day Patterns allow you to create flexible recurring schedules over any day range. The pattern designer allows for some complex patterns to be created, provided the pattern can be represented in a recurring profile over any day range.
How to set a Day Range Pattern
Select the Day Pattern frequency selector
Set the Start Date for the medication pattern
Set the End Date for the medication pattern
Set the Pattern Length. This is the number of days that the pattern runs for before it recycles and runs again.
Select a day that you want to schedule a medication for in the pattern table
Set the time of day for the medication
Set the Day & Time selected into the Day Pattern schedule. Repeat this for each active day and time that you want to set for the Day Pattern schedule.
Save the Day Pattern
Check that the saved record is for an accurate Day Pattern range
Show Pattern Dates in the Pattern Visualiser to check that you pattern is set as you expect it to be.
Week of Month Patttern
Week of Month patterns are the legacy frequency pattern planner in Reach. Any frequency pattern that was created in Reach prior to 25 November 2024 will remain in this pattern unless it is adjusted by the user in Reach.
Week of Month patterns will set a custom pattern based on a recurring monthly reset. This means that at the beginning of each new calendar month the frequency pattern will revert back to Week 1 of the Week of Month pattern schedule.
How to set a Week of Month Pattern
Select the Week of Month pattern frequency selector.
Set the number of weeks in the month that you want the pattern to cover.
Select the medication times in the calendar view for each week of the month cycle.
Set the Frequency pattern to save.
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