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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 the Calendar

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 the Calendar

Before you begin

Ensure you have elected to access to the Microsoft Outlook® style Appointment Book, via Practice Explorer Preferences.

Procedure

From the Bluechip main window, click Practice Explorer at the bottom-right.
Within the Practice Explorer Margin menu, select the Appointment Book. The Appointment Book window appears. The Calendar is located at the right side of the Appointment Book.
To display a particular day, click it in the Calendar.

Results

Today's date is outlined in red.
The date currently in view in the Appointment Book is highlighted with a solid blue square.
To navigate from month to month, use the left and right arrows either side of the month name at the top of the Calendar. In the example image above, the Calendar is currently focused on January.
To navigate from year to year, use the left and right arrows either side of the year title at the top of the calendar. In the example image above, the Calendar is currently focused on 2012.
To jump to the current day, click Today.
To jump to a specific date not shown in the current months, select it in theJump To field.
Days on which there are appointments scheduled are highlighted in bold.