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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Recurring Appointments
Book recurring appointments from the appointment book, patient explorer or patient record.
Making Multiple Recurring Appointments
Set up appointments that repeat at regular intervals.

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.
  - Making Multiple Recurring Appointments
    Set up appointments that repeat at regular intervals.
  - Recurring Appointments from the Appointment Book
    Book recurring appointments for existing patients.
  - Recurring Appointments via the Patient Explorer
  - Recurring Appointments from the Patient Record
    Schedule recurring appointments via the patient's record Bookings menu, or via the Practice Explorer > Appointment Book.
- 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.
- Original Appointment Book

Making Multiple Recurring Appointments

Set up appointments that repeat at regular intervals.

About this task

The Bluechip appointments system enables you to make multiple recurring bookings for your patients. For example, a patient may need to make an appointment for 4:30 pm, every two weeks, over a period of twelve weeks. Another example may be a patient who needs to return once a month for the next twelve months.

Procedure

Select Appointment Book and double-click in the slot that matches the first appointment for this patient. Select the patient and appointment type.
Select the Make Multiple Recurring Appointments check box and click Next. The Creating Recurring Appointments window appears.
Enter the appropriate details and click Next The Revise Recurring Appointments window appears.
To revise the date, time or column,type or duration of the appointments, double-click in the appropriate appointment field and change the settings.
To print a list of the appointments click Print List .
Click Finish.

The Review appointment warning window appears if there is information you may need to know for each appointment. For example, if you have forced any bookings to be made outside of regular working hours, or if a referral expiry is due.

Results

Regular recurring appointments are set up for this patient.