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Appointment Management
Manage appointments at your practice using the appointment book.
Waiting List
Create and manage a list of patients who are waiting for appointments.
Waiting List Window

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.
  - Waiting List Window
  - Waiting Room
    The Waiting Room displays a list of patients attending or scheduled to attend your clinic for the current date.
  - Add a Patient to the Waiting List
    Add a patient to the list of patients who are waiting for appointments.
  - Transfer a Patient From the Waiting List to the Appointment Book
    Transfer a patient from the Waiting List to a suitable slot in 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.
- Original Appointment Book

Waiting List Window

The Waiting List provides a mechanism for creating and managing a list of patients when no suitable, free slots are available in the Appointment Book. Once a slot becomes free, patients can be transferred from the Waiting List to the Appointment Book. The Waiting List should not be used for making general patient appointments, nor should it be confused with either the Waiting Room or a patient's Bookings window.

Filter the list of waiting patients by Practitioner and/or by Location.

Columns can be sorted by clicking the column header. In the example above, the data is sorted alphabetically by Location, as indicated by the

icon in the column header. See Waiting List for more information.


Items of interest on this window
New	Add a patient to the Waiting List.
Edit	Edit the selected entry in the Waiting List.
Remove	Remove (delete) the selected entry in the Waiting List.
Print	Prints/Exports a Waiting List report.
Open patient	Open the record of the selected patient.
Search appointments	Search the Appointment Book for free appointment slots.