Changing an Appointment

You can change patient appointments and indicate the reason for the change — changed by the patient, changed by the office, or due to error. You can schedule a new appointment for the patient, and the old appointment time is available for a different patient.

The reasons for changing an appointment are recorded in the following areas:

To change a patient appointment:

  1. From the patient chart, select Functions > Schedule Appointment. The Appointment summary view is displayed.

  2. To the right of the appointment you want to delete, click the red X icon. The Cancel Appointment window is displayed.

  3. Select the reason for changing the appointment from the following options:

  1. By default, the Copy appointment to clipboard option  is selected. Click OK. The appointment is placed on the clipboard to be resecheduled and the View Schedule window is displayed.

  2. Select the desired options for the appointment and click Find Appointment to reschedule the appointment.

  1. If the appointment type displayed in the top half of the Appointment Details window differs from the appointment type displayed in the bottom half of the window, you must have Override Pre-Block security permissions to transfer information.

 

Related Topics

Scheduling Appointments from the Patient Chart

Confirming Appointments

View Day

Changing Appointment Comments

Viewing and Editing Procedures

Using the Schedule Appointment Calendar

Adding Schedule Messages

Editing Schedule Messages

Deleting Schedule Messages

Including Messages on Schedule Printouts

Cancelling an Appointment

Viewing Patient Information

Viewing Sibling Appointments

Viewing Charting Information