Modify Appointment Details

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Change the Patient Linked to an Appointment

You can remove the current patient linked to the appointment and link a new patient to the same event at the scheduled time. Select the appointment to change the linked patient, and double-click to open the Edit Appointment window. Select the open menu button next to the patient's name and select Clear Patient. A message appears asking you to confirm if you want to delete the linked patient. Select OK to remove the incorrect patient from the appointment. To add the correct patient to the appointment, select the open menu button and select Lookup. The People Lookup window opens. Do one of the following: To select an existing person or patient for the appointment, enter the appropriate search criteria and then select Find. Select New to add a person or patient for the appointment. Select OK to save changes and close the window. Parent topic: Modifying an Appointment

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Update Patient Demographics from an Appointment

You can update or change the patient demographics information even after scheduling the appointment from the Edit Appointment window. Select the appointment to update the patient information, and double-click to open the Edit Appointment window. Select the open menu button next to the patient's name and select Lookup. The Update Patient Information window opens. Update the patient demographics information as needed. Select OK to save changes and close the window. The Edit Appointment window reopens. Select OK to save changes and close the window. Parent topic: Modifying an Appointment

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Modifying an Appointment

You can modify the following information for an existing appointment: Appointment details, such as date, time, event, resource, location, and so on. Change the patient linked to the appointment. Patient demographics information, such as address, phone numbers, and so on. Modify Appointment Details You can modify the appointment and reschedule if needed. Change the Patient Linked to an Appointment You can change the patient linked to the appointment. Update Patient Demographics from an Appointment You can update the patient demographics information for an existing patient. Parent topic: Appointment Scheduling

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Rescheduling an Appointment

You can reschedule an appointment in any of the following ways: Open and Edit: You can open the appointment from any view in the Appointment Book window, except the Monthly view tab, and edit the Date and Time fields on the Edit Appointment window. Note: This is not the recommended method for rescheduling appointments. Cut and Paste: From any view in the Appointment Book window, except the Monthly view tab. In the Appointment Book window select an appointment that you want to reschedule, right-click, and select cut. You can paste the appointment in a different time slot, and do the changes in the Edit Appointment window as needed. Note: This is the recommended method for rescheduling appointments. Drag and Drop: From the Daily or Weekly List view tab of the Appointment Book window, you can select the appointment and drag and drop it on a new timeslot to reschedule the appointment. Stretch: You can select at the bottom of an appointment and stretch it to extend the duration. Note: You c

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Modify an Individual Appointment Created from a Group Appointment

Open NextGen® Enterprise PM. On the main toolbar, select ApptBook. Select the Group Check-in icon. The group modal window opens. Select the member's individual appointment. Right-click and then select Open > Appointment. The Edit Appointment window opens. Modify the appointment as needed. Select OK. Modifications made to the appointment are saved. If the appointment is part of a recurring series and you changed the Date, Time, Event, Duration, Resources or Service Location, the appointment is removed from the recurring series. If you modified the Date, Time, Event, Duration, Resources or Service Location field, the Reschedule Reason window opens. If the Reschedule Reason window opens, select a reason for rescheduling the appointment. This field is required. Select OK. Parent topic: Scheduling Group Appointments

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Copy an Appointment

When a patient visits the provider for an event regularly, you can create appointments for a patient by copying an existing appointment and then pasting it into one or more additional time slots. The appointment information from the copied appointment is carried over to the new appointments, and you can modify it as needed. From the Appointment Book or Appointment List window, find the appointment you want to copy. Right-click the appointment and select Copy. The copied appointment icon displays on the status bar at the bottom of the Appointment Book window. Right-click another time slot where you want to add the copied appointment and select Paste. The Edit Appointment window opens. Note: When an appointment is copied from one resource and pasted into a time slot for another resource, both resources are selected on the newly pasted appointment. To avoid scheduling the new appointment for both resources, clear the resource selected from the copied appointment, in the Edit Appointment w

Modify Appointment Details

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Change the Patient Linked to an Appointment

Update Patient Demographics from an Appointment

Modifying an Appointment

Rescheduling an Appointment

Modify an Individual Appointment Created from a Group Appointment

Copy an Appointment

Change the Patient Linked to an Appointment

Update Patient Demographics from an Appointment

Modifying an Appointment

Rescheduling an Appointment

Modify an Individual Appointment Created from a Group Appointment

Copy an Appointment