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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.
Editing Bookings
Edit or Reschedule a Booking
Reschedule or change the details of a patient's booking.

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
    - Edit or Reschedule a Booking
      Reschedule or change the details of a patient's booking.
  - Printing Bookings
- Original Appointment Book

Edit or Reschedule a Booking

Reschedule or change the details of a patient's booking.

Procedure

Open the record of the patient whose bookings you want to edit.
In the Patient Explorer, select the Bookings margin menu item.
In the Patient Bookings window, select the booking that you want to edit.
Click Edit.
In the Edit Appointment Wizard, modify the appointment via one of the following methods:
- Manually enter a date in the Date field.
- Click the Calendar button .
- Find a free slot in the appointment book for the selected Practitioner by clicking Appointment Book .
- Find a free slot in the appointment book for other Practitioners by clicking Find Slot.
Modify the appointment time in the Time field or click the Clock button to select an appropriate time.
(Optional) Modify the priority for the booking. This is necessary only if there is a double-booking.
(Optional) Modify any relevant comments in the Comments field.
Click Finish.

Results

The updated appointment details are now available in the Patient Bookings window and the Appointment Book.