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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.
Cancelling and Deleting Bookings
Cancel or delete a patient's bookings.
Cancel or Delete a Booking
Cancel or delete the selected patient's bookings.

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.
    - Cancel or Delete a Booking
      Cancel or delete the selected patient's bookings.
  - Editing Bookings
  - Printing Bookings
- Original Appointment Book

Cancel or Delete a Booking

Cancel or delete the selected patient's bookings.

Before you begin

Procedure

Ensure you have opened a patient's record and are viewing the Patient Explorer.
Select Bookings.
In the Patient Bookings window, select the booking you want to cancel or delete.
- To delete the booking, click Delete booking. You will be prompted to confirm this action. The deleted booking is removed from the Bookings window and the Appointment Book. You can show deleted bookings by ticking Show Deleted Bookings. Deleted bookings are displayed with a red strike-through.
- To cancel the booking, click Cancel booking. You will be prompted to confirm this action. The cancelled booking will remain in the list but is displayed with a black strike-through. Cancelled bookings are still visible from the Bookings window but their corresponding entries in the Appointment Book are removed entirely.

Results

The selected booking is cancelled or deleted.