Add Block Appointment Slots to the Calendar

Add Block Appointment Slots to the Calendar


You may want to block appointment slots on-the-fly. For example, the doctor tells you that he is going to be out on a specific afternoon. You can add a block appointment for that afternoon so that appointments cannot be scheduled during that time.


Add Block Appointments

  1. Select an Appointment Slot, and click Block Time on the upper right of the Add Appointment screen.



  1. Resources: Add the Resources that this Block will apply. It defaults to the Resource chosen on the Calendar.
  2. Choose additional Facilities if applicable.
  3. Date and Start Time default from the slot you have chosen on the Calendar, but can be changed.
  4. Add a Description.
  5. Select the Block Type in the dropdown list.
  6. Set the Duration. The duration can be entered as minutes or hours and minutes. For example: 450 minutes or 7h30
  7. Add a Reason (optional).
  8. Add a Note (optional)
  9. Check Recurring if applicable.
  10. Click Save [F2].




Existing Appointments

  1. If there are existing appointments:
  • To send the existing appointments to the Reschedule Queue, select the Add to the Reschedule Queue checkbox.
  • Leave the box unchecked to keep the appointments on the Calendar.
  1. Click Save and Continue.


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