Scheduling COVID-19 Injection Activities

The COVID-19 Injection Activity Type and the COVID-19 Injection Follow-up Activity Type can be scheduled from the Activities dashboard.

To schedule the COVID-19 Injection activities in the Activities dashboard:

1. From the Workbench, select Activities.

2. Select New. A window appears to create a new activity.

3. In the Activity section, enter the following information:

   • Activity Type - COVID-19 Injection (for the 1st dose) or COVID-19 Injection Follow-up (for subsequent doses)

   • Scheduled Date - the date the appointment is scheduled for

   • Scheduled Time - the time the appointment is scheduled for

   

4. In the Link section, enter the following information:

   • Patient - the patient receiving the COVID-19 vaccine

   • Drug - the COVID-19 vaccine dispensed.

     Note: Drug can be left blank if it is unknown at the time of scheduling which vaccine will be used. The vaccine can later be selected by modifying the activity or when processing the prescription.

   

5. Select OK. The activity can be viewed in the Activities dashboard for the day it was scheduled.

The following information displays in the Comments column for easy reference:

• Patient Name

• Phone Number

• COVID-19 Vaccine selected

When processing a COVID-19 vaccine prescription, a COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity can be scheduled from the COVID Injection window, under the Schedule Follow-up Injection section.

In the follow-up section, you can select on the of the following:

• Yes - selected by default if this is the initial dose or being processed from a COVID-19 Injection activity. A COVID-19 Follow-up Injection activity will be scheduled once Submit is selected. The date is defaulted based on the interval days of the vaccine (recommended days between doses), but can be changed.

• No - selected by default if this is a subsequent dose or being processed from a COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity. A COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity will not be scheduled.

  Note: If processing a prescription from a COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity, the option to schedule a follow-up injection is defaulted to No.

Once the prescription is processed, a COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity is created in the Activities dashboard on the date the follow-up was scheduled for. The following information displays in the Comments column for easy reference:

• Patient name

• Phone number

• COVID-19 vaccine selected

Note: When scheduling a COVID-19 Injection Follow-up activity through the COVID Injection window, the vaccine used in the initial injection is automatically selected.