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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
Set up a Theatre appointment type for a practitioner so you can create and track theatre bookings for them.

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
  - Appointment Book Setup for Theatre Bookings
    Set theatre bookings as a preference within the Appointment Book setup.
    - Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre
      Set up a Theatre appointment type for a practitioner so you can create and track theatre bookings for them.
  - 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.
- 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

Practitioner Appointment Book Setup for Theatre

Set up a Theatre appointment type for a practitioner so you can create and track theatre bookings for them.

Before you begin

Procedure

Select Setup > Practitioner > Practitioner Details.
In the Practitioner Setup window, select the practitioner for whom you want to set up theatre appointments.
Select the Appointments tab.
Select an available Appointment Type slot, and enter Theatre in the Description field, and add an abbreviation to the Abbrev field.
In in the UsualLength field, indicate the length of time allocated for theatre appointments.
Click OK.
Select Setup > Practitioner > Practitioner Details again, select the same practitioner, and then click the Appointment tab to continue working with setup.

Results

You can now set up and track theatre bookings for this practitioner.