Customizing appointment status

You can assign a status to each appointment displayed in the Appointment Book or Appointment List. You can use statuses to indicate confirmation of an appointment, the last contact with a patient regarding an appointment, or the status of a patient’s visit. You can assign each status a unique colour that appears in the Appointment Book and Appointment List.

Note: You can change, delete, or add statuses; however, you are limited to a total of 10 statuses.

To customize an appointment status

1.   From the Maintenance menu in the Office Manager, point to Practice Setup, and then click Definitions.

The Practice Definitions dialog box appears.

2.   From the Definition Type list, select Appointment Status.

The current list of appointment statuses appears.

3.   Do one of the following:

·        To add an appointment status, delete a status (if you have 10 already), type a new abbreviation and description under Definition Text, click the colour box to the left of the description, select a colour from the Color palette, and then click Add.

·        To change an appointment status, select the status that you want to change, type a new abbreviation and description under Definition Text, click the colour box to the left of the description, select a colour from the Color palette, and then click Change. To learn more, click Changing a practice definition.

·        To delete an appointment status, select it, and then click Delete. To learn more, click Deleting a practice definition.