Specifies the beginning date associated with the course of this therapy or medication. Type a date in the format MM/DD/YYYY or click >> to display an electronic calendar for selecting another date.
Note: You can also specify a date based on its proximity to the current date (T+ or T- a number of days). For example, to indicate tomorrow, you can type over the current date with "T+1." To indicate the day before yesterday, you can type "T-2."
Defaults to the current date. Or, if you are entering this therapy or medication from a template (structured) note, defaults to the selected visit date. This is a required field and should not be deleted.