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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
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Create a Daily Message

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
  - Create a Daily Message
- 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

Create a Daily Message

Before you begin

Ensure you have permission to edit the daily message.

Procedure

Open the Appointment Book.
Within the Appointment Book, select the practitioner for whom you want to create a daily message.
In the Daily Message section at the right of the Appointment Book, click the Message header link.
In the Edit Daily Message for (date) window appears, enter your message.
Click OK.

Results

Your message appears in the Daily Message box, and an icon is displayed beside the Daily Message header to indicate a message exits. Note that this icon appears only when viewing the appointment book for multiple practitioners.