Inciteful Med uses each record's date to put it in the right spot when summarizing your medical history. Files you upload (PDFs, photos, scans) usually pick up a date automatically - but sometimes they don't, or the system picks the wrong one. You can fix that in a few clicks.

When this applies

Date editing works on uploaded files - the ones you added one at a time via Uploading files.

Date editing does not apply to FHIR or C-CDA imports. Each imported bundle keeps the dates that were in the source file. If those dates are wrong in the export, the fix is to correct them in your patient portal (if possible) and re-import -see Importing a FHIR or Apple Health file.

When to edit a date on an uploaded file

The upload shows up dated today, but it's actually from a visit two months ago.
A scanned PDF lost its original date during OCR.
The system picked the file modified date instead of the document date.

Step-by-step

Open Medical Data for the patient.
Click on the uploaded file whose date you want to update.
Click the pencil icon next to the date and pick the correct date.
Click Save.

The file will re-sort into the right place in the timeline immediately.

Why the date matters

When you ask "summarize my recent records" or "what's changed in the past year?", Inciteful Med relies on dates to know what counts as recent. A record dated today instead of 2024 will show up as the latest event, even if it isn't.

Setting accurate dates also helps when comparing visits or tracking lab trends over time.

Don't know the exact date?

Use the closest date you do know - for example, the first of the month if you only remember the month. The exact day matters less than the month and year for most research questions.