Operating Hours in Appointment Scheduling Practice Preferences

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Applying Operating Hours in Appointment Book

The Appointment Book displays time slots within the Operating Hours section in Appointment Scheduling Practice Preferences > View Options. The following views display time slots within the operating hours: Daily view Weekly view Multi view Weekly Schedule view Add/Edit Template window in the Weekly Templates tab The Weekly Schedule view displays the days of the week, and the Add/Edit Template window displays the days selected in the Operating Hours section. The Operating Hours checkbox has been added in the Appointment Book windowto display only the appointments within the operating days and hours. When selected, the Daily, Multi, and Weekly views are turned off and Weekly Schedule is hidden on the non-operating days. Parent topic: Appointment Book

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Appointment Book

The Appointment Book window in NextGen® Enterprise PM provides an overview of the appointment schedule for the various resources and locations within the practice. The appointment book is used to schedule, reschedule, and cancel patient appointments. You can view appointments for: An individual resource for a specific day, week, or month. Multiple resources at the same time for a specific day. To access Appointment Book in NextGen® Enterprise PM, do one of the following: From the main toolbar, select the ApptBook button. From the Tasks menu, select Appt Book. Appointment Book Toolbar Operating Hours in Appointment Scheduling Practice Preferences Applying Operating Hours in Appointment Book Appointment Statuses You can get different appointment statuses and their description. Category and Location Tooltip You can know more information about the category and location tooltips and where to find them in the appointment book. Custom Tooltip You can get more information about appointments us

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise 8

Appt Scheduling Practice Preferences

The Appt Scheduling practice preferences enables you to set various options and defaults that impact setup in Scheduling Administration and booking appointments in NextGen® Enterprise PM. Appt Scheduling Practice Preferences Field Descriptions Hide Time Slots to the Right of the Scheduler Book You can hide time slots to the right of the scheduler book. Time Interval Overrides You can set different time increments to schedule resources at different times for doctors to perform their standard procedure. Override Scheduling Conflicts A supervisor can override scheduling conflicts by entering their credentials. Parent topic: Practice Preferences

File Maintenance Help for NextGen® Enterprise

Appointment Scheduling Preferences for Practices

In the Appt Scheduling practice preferences, you can set various options and defaults that affect setup in scheduling administration and appointment booking in NextGen® Enterprise PM. You can set specific preferences for appointment scheduling, default settings, appointment searches, wait list options, information required at certain times, and so on.

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Appointment Scheduling Preferences

Appointment Scheduling Preferences control how specific functions and tasks work in the Appointment Book in NextGen® Enterprise PM. While some settings are strictly for customizing the display, others affect the application behavior. You must complete these settings before opening the Appointment Book for the first time. In File Maintenance, scheduling preferences can be defined in the Default User Prefs - Scheduling master file, and then assigned to groups of users or individual users in System Administrator. For more information, go to NextGen Healthcare Success Community and download the latest File Maintenance Master Files Guide forNextGen®Enterprise. In NextGen® Enterprise PM, you can modify your own scheduling preferences in Admin > Preferences > User > Scheduling. Your settings override any default settings that were assigned to you in System Administrator. Appointment Scheduling Preferences include a variety of options and settings on the following tabs: General Multi View Dail

Help Guide for NextGen® Enterprise PM 8

Scheduling Administration

Scheduling Administration is an important function in NextGen® Enterprise PM. The Scheduling Administration creates the Appointment Book window and helps you schedule appointments for patients in a practice. Note: When you select the Enable Enterprise Appointment Scheduling option in Practice Preferences window, the Scheduling Admin option on the Admin menu displays the following two options: Enterprise Practice The following tabs are available in the Scheduling Administration window: Classes Resources Events Event Chains Categories Weekly Templates Daily Templates For scheduling appointments on the practice level using the Appointment Search Ahead window, you must complete the configuration for the practice in Practice Scheduling Administration for each practice. For searching an appointment at the enterprise level from the Enterprise Appointment Search Ahead window, you must complete the configuration for the practices of an enterprise both in Practice Scheduling Administration and E

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