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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Single Appointments
Create a single appointment from the Appointment Book for new or existing patients.
Making an Appointment for a New Patient
Set up an appointment and record basic details for a new patient.

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.
  - Single Appointments via the Patient Explorer
  - Making an Appointment for a New Patient
    Set up an appointment and record basic details for a new patient.
- 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.
- Original Appointment Book

Making an Appointment for a New Patient

Set up an appointment and record basic details for a new patient.

Procedure

Click Practice Explorer located at the bottom-right of the Bluechip main window.
Select Appointment Book in the margin menu. The Appointment Book is displayed.
Select a Practitioner for whom you are making the appointment from the drop-down box.
Select the date that you would like to make the appointment from the calendar.
- To move forward by a month, press the Page Down key, or click the down arrow where the date is displayed in the top right hand corner of the appointment book window.
- To move forward a week, press the down arrow on your keyboard.
Double-click a time slot in the appropriate column. The New Appointment Wizard is displayed.
Enter the new patient's name in the Patient field of the New Appointment Wizard and press the Tab key. The Open window appears.
If the patient has never attended the practice before, click New The New Patient window appears.
Enter the relevant information and click OK.
Enter any other remaining information in the New Appointment Wizard.
To add more patient information, right click the patient in the Appointment Book and select Patient Details from the list of options.

Results

The appointment is set up for the new patient.