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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Theatre Bookings
Appointment Book Setup for Theatre Bookings
Set theatre bookings as a preference within the Appointment Book setup.
Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre

Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
- Appointment Book Overview
  Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.
- 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
  - Appointment Book Setup for Theatre Bookings
    Set theatre bookings as a preference within the Appointment Book setup.
    - Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre
  - Making a Theatre Booking
    Making a theatre booking follows the same procedure as all other appointment types.
  - Print the Theatre List
    Bluechip provides a report that will generate a Theatre List from the Appointment Book with the appointment type (preference) Theatre.
  - 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.
- Waiting List
- Bookings
- Original Appointment Book

Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre

Before you begin

Procedure

Select Setup > Practitioner > Practitioner Details. The Practitioner Setup window appears. Select the practitioner you want to configure settings for, and then select the Appointments tab.
To track a practitioner's theatre bookings, you must add 'Theatre' to the practitioner's list of Appointment Types. Select an available Appointment Type slot, and enter Theatre in the Description field, and add an abbreviation to the Abbrev field.
Within in the Usual > Length field, indicate the length of time allocated for theatre appointments.
Click OK to confirm the changes.
Select Setup > Practitioner > Practitioner Details again, select the same practitioner, and then click the Appointment tab to continue working with setup.

Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre

Before you begin

Procedure

Results