Waiting Room > Appointment Book
You can indicate the type of appointment a patient is scheduled for, such as 'Vaccination', 'Blood Test', or 'Emergency'. To do this, schedule the appointment first, and then right-click the appointment entry and select Type > from the menu that appears.
Once you have indicated the type of appointment, it is displayed alongside the patient's entry in the Waiting Room. There are 40 different appointment types provided with Pracsoft, and 39 of these are customisable.
Managing and Customising Appointment Types
Open the Appointments module by either;
Clicking
Selecting Waiting Room > Appointment Book
From
within the Appointments module, select Setup
> Appointment Types. The Edit
Appointment Types window appears.
You can edit the text for any of the pre-defined appointment types, except for the 'Standard' type.
You can create up to 39 custom appointment types. Appointment Type 1 "Standard Appointment" cannot be edited. Continue to Step 3 for instructions on how to customise appointment types.
For each appointment type, indicate whether patients scheduled for such will be sent an SMS Reminder message.
To
customise an appointment type, click the 
icon associated with the appointment you wish to edit. The Select Icon for Appointment Type
window appears.
Select either an icon on your computer or a colour swatch to represent the appointment type. In our example, we have elected to use an icon.
The icon format can be Icon (.ico), Bitmap (.bmp) or Portable Netowork Graphics (.png), but must be 16 x 16 pixels.
You
will be returned to the Select window. Note our chosen icon is
visible on the window.
Give
your custom appointment type a name.
Click
to
confirm your modifications.
