PMP Manual National - Jul. 2014 | Page 29

PATIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM To turn on the Hide feature go to the Setup menu, Doctor Defaults. Choose ‘will wrap and hide invalid appts. (resched…). Invalid appointments will automatically hide when a practitioner has a named columns assigned to their appointment book. This option is chosen by practitioner and therefore the default will need to be set for each person. Invalid appointments do not appear in the F2 - Add an Appt screen. Only Confirmed and Unconfirmed appointments are included in the visible timeslot number. Multiple Appointment Booking Multiple appointments will not book into Named Columns. They are scheduled by 15 minute intervals only. Practitioners utilizing 10 or 20 minute intervals will have appointments appear in the earlier timeslot that is closest to the 15 minute time chosen. The ability to create multiple appointments is available from within Patient Information on the Appointments tab. Click Book Multiple Appointments. Choose the doctor that you wish the appointments to be booked with. The Doctor of Record will be the default. Click Book Multiples using this Doctor. The subsequent screen allows you the option to create or choose a multiple. Click onto a number under each row to create a schedule. Your choice appears on the blue line listing the number of appointments and units for a number of weeks or months. Once you are satisfied that the blue line (number 1) represents the schedule you wish to add click Add the current line (number 2). 28 | Appointments