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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.
Selecting an Appointment Book
Select which appointment book is best for your practice.

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

Selecting an Appointment Book

Select which appointment book is best for your practice.

Before you begin

Bluechip offers three different Appointment Book formats:

The Original format which displays appointments per practitioner
A Multi-practitioner format (similar to the original, but can display appointments for multiple practitioners simultaneously)
An Outlook-style format

Select which format to use.

Note:

You can also configure some appointment settings for each practitioner, such as the types of appointments they offer (and the default duration of each type). These settings are managed via the Appointments tab within Practitioner Settings.

Procedure

To select an appointment book:

Select Setup > User Preferences.
In the Setup User Preferences window, select the Practice Explorer tab.
Within the Appointment Book section, select the Appointment Book view you want to use.
Click OK to confirm.

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