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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Appointment Book Overview
Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.
Using Find Slot
Use Find Slot to search for the next available appointment for a specific appointment type.

Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
- Appointment Book Overview
  Set up appointments to suit your Practice's requirements.
  - Selecting an Appointment Book
    Select which appointment book is best for your practice.
  - Using the Appointment Book
    Manage patient appointments with the Appointment Book.
  - Practitioner Screen Setup
    Customise appointment types for individual practitioners.
  - Plan Configurations Screen Setup
    Customise plans and appointment times for individual Practitioners.
  - Using Find Slot
    Use Find Slot to search for the next available appointment for a specific appointment type.
  - Using the Calendar
- 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.
- Original Appointment Book

Using Find Slot

Use Find Slot to search for the next available appointment for a specific appointment type.

Before you begin

Find Slot will only work if the Practice has entered predetermined appointment times within the plan setup. The Find Slot button is available from the Appointment Books and within an Edit Appointment Wizard screen.

About this task

This can be used for new bookings, or for rescheduling existing bookings with appointments or theatre bookings.

For example, a practitioner might want to see new patients on the hour, follow-ups in the remaining time of that hour, and post-ops after lunch. Click Find Slot in the Edit Appointment Wizard screen to open the Find Free Appointment Slot screen.

Procedure

Either from the Appointment Book or an Edit Appointment Wizard screen; click Find Slot.
Depending on how you accessed the Find Free Appointment Slot, it might be pre-populated with data, or you might need to select the Practitioner and/or Preference. The start date will default to the current appointment date or today's date. Change this if necessary.
Click Search to commence the search. After the search has completed, the first twelve free slots will display in the Search Results section. If these slots are unsuitable, click Next to display the next twelve free slots.
Select your desired appointment slot by either clicking the dates and times on the left panel or by selecting an available time slot in the right panel.
Click OK > OK.
Complete the Appointment Wizard as usual.
Click Finish.

Results

The appointment is created in the selected appointment slot.