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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.
Plan Configurations Screen Setup
Customise plans and appointment times for individual Practitioners.
Two-Week Appointment Book Cycle Example

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.
    - Two-Week Appointment Book Cycle Example
  - 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

Two-Week Appointment Book Cycle Example

Days and times are recorded for Week 1.

Example Daily schedule, showing Practitioner's start and finish times for each day in Week 1

In the Week spinner Week spinner with week 1 selected , click the down arrow to display the schedule for week 2. Record the schedule for Week 2.

Example Daily schedule, showing the Practitioner's different start and finish times for Week 2

This defines a two-week cycle. In such a scenario, after two weeks, Week 1 is used again, followed by Week 2, and so on, indefinitely.