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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Bookings
Use the Bookings window to quickly view the appointments schedule for your patients, without having to search the Appointment Book. You can also use the Bookings window to create new appointments, or to edit, reschedule, cancel or delete appointments between specified dates.

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
  When recording a new appointment or rescheduling an existing appointment, it may be necessary for you to determine where there is an available appointment slot. The Find Free Appointment Slot module is a convenient way for you to find free appointment slots quickly and easily.
- Printing Appointment Lists
  Print a list of a day's appointments.
- Referrals
  Manage referrals via the Referrals window in the Patient Explorer.
- Theatre Bookings
- Waiting List
  Create and manage a list of patients who are waiting for appointments.
- Bookings
  Use the Bookings window to quickly view the appointments schedule for your patients, without having to search the Appointment Book. You can also use the Bookings window to create new appointments, or to edit, reschedule, cancel or delete appointments between specified dates.
  - Cancelling and Deleting Bookings
    Cancel or delete a patient's bookings.
  - Editing Bookings
  - Printing Bookings
- Original Appointment Book

Bookings

Use the Bookings window to quickly view the appointments schedule for your patients, without having to search the Appointment Book. You can also use the Bookings window to create new appointments, or to edit, reschedule, cancel or delete appointments between specified dates.

Before you begin

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Procedure

Open the record of the patient whose bookings you want to view.
In the Patient Explorer, select Bookings from the Margin menu. The Patient Bookings window displays all bookings that have been made for the patient, with the latest booking highlighted.
- To create a new booking, click New. This opens the New Appointment Wizard, from which you can create a new single or recurring appointment.
- To edit or reschedule a booking, click Edit. This opens the Edit Appointment Wizard.
- To cancel a booking, select the booking that you want to cancel and then click Cancel booking. You will be prompted to confirm this action. The cancelled booking remains visible in the Bookings window with a black strike-through, but is removed from the Appointment Book.
- To delete a booking, select it and then click Delete booking. You will be prompted to confirm this action. The deleted booking is removed from both the Bookings window and the Appointment Book. To display deleted bookings, tick Show Deleted Bookings. Deleted bookings are displayed with a red strike-through.
- To call a window showing the audit trail of bookings, click Show Audit.
- To print a list of bookings click Print. Also consider the Bookings Audit Report.