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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Appointment Book Overview
Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.

Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
- Appointment Book Overview
  Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.
  - Selecting an Appointment Book
    Select which appointment book is best for your practice.
  - Practitioner Screen Setup
  - Plan Configurations Screen Setup
  - Using Find Slot
    Use Find Slot to search for the next available appointment for a specific appointment type (preference), providing you with a quick and easy way to find the next available booking slot.
  - Using the Calendar
- Single Appointments
  Create a single appointment from the Appointment Book for new or existing patients.
- Recurring Appointments
  Book recurring appointments from the appointment book, patient explorer or patient record.
- Sending Bulk SMS Reminders
  The SMS Reminders feature can send SMS messages from MedicalDirector Bluechip to a mobile phone.
- Cancelling, Deleting, No Show
- Rescheduling Appointments
- Appointment Comments
- Daily Messages
- Double-Booking Appointments
- Editing Appointments
- Finding Free Appointment Slots
- Printing Appointment Lists
- Referrals
- Theatre Bookings
- Waiting List
- Bookings
- Original Appointment Book

Appointment Book Overview

Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.

The setup determines a week's plan which is defined by:

The days on which a Practitioner is available
The times in each day when a Practitioner is available
Where a Practitioner will be available for the morning and afternoon sessions of each day (their location)
The length of time a Practitioner is available for particular appointment types, such as, new 40 min, review 20 min.