Clinical Appointment Statuses

The Clinical Appointment Statuses preference is used to record a list of clinical appointment statuses in the system. These are found when checking a patient in for an appointment. The choice of values are selected using an autocomplete or dropdown list.

Location

The table of Clinical Appointment Statuses will display the code, name, responsibility, and status for the clinical appointment status.

Configuration

When adding or editing a clinical appointment status, users are presented with the below form to complete. Always press Save in the bottom right-hand corner of the browser after adding or editing a clinical appointment status.

Code (Required, Unique)

A unique code for the clinical appointment status. This can be the same as the name but must be unique throughout the entire system.

Name (Required)

A name for the preference. It is advisable to keep this unique.

Attended

A checkbox to indicate if this status will mark the patient as attended.

Action Required (e.g. When cancelling an appointment)

A checkbox to indicate if this status will require an action to be taken.

Free Appointment (e.g. When cancelling an appointment, make the appointment available again)

A checkbox to indicate if this status will make the appointment available again.

Responsibility

A dropdown list to assign a responsibility to the status. This can be used to set the status responsibility as either the patient or the hospital.