Get Started With Online Scheduling

Get Started With Online Scheduling

Advanced Online Scheduling allows your patient to book specific services at specific times, directly into your EHR schedule.  This helps streamline your scheduling and saves your staff time by allowing patients to book on their own. 

To learn how to set up online scheduling please follow this guide:

Step 1: Basic Settings
  1. Select Choose File

  2. Upload Your Logo

Set Up Your Receptionist Email

  1. Add all email addresses that should receive a copy of your incoming appointment requests

  2. Select Save

Step 2: Enable Scheduling Settings

Advanced Online Scheduling Toggle

  1. Select Yes if you would like to enable Advanced Online Scheduling and allow patients to book appointments based on your real time availability. 

    1. In the dropdown, select whether you want this to be available for only New Patients, only Existing Patients, or both.

  2. Select No if you only want basic online scheduling where patients can submit a form to request an appointment.

Write Appointments into EHR Toggle 

  1. Select Yes if you want to allow Adit to write appointments directly back into your EHR

    1. In the Dropdown, select whether you want this to be applied to only New Patients, only Existing Patients, or both.

  2. Select No if you do NOT want Adit to write appointments back into your EHR. 

Step 3: Insurance Settings

Click Here to learn how to configure the following settings:

Step 4: Service & Operatory Settings

Setting up Services for New & Existing Patients
Defining your services will allow patients to book with a particular provider in a particular operatory at a particular time, ensuring your schedule is seamless and saving your office staff time. Make sure the services are clearly defined and easy for your patients to understand the schedule.

  1. Click + Create Service and fill out the required fields:

    1. Name of Service: Choose a service that will be displayed on the booking link

    2. Patient Type: Is this service for New or Returning patients?

    3. Select Locations: select all of the locations that offer this service

    4. Select Next


    5. Service Duration: Choose the amount of time to block in your schedule for this service.

    6. Appointment Type: Select the appointment type from the dropdown menu

    7. Tx Codes (From EHR): Choose the tx codes you want to associate to this appointment

    8. Select Save



  2. Click the toggle to enable/disable which services will be available for online scheduling

Enable Operatories Available for Booking
Click the toggle to enable/disable which operatories will be available for online scheduling.

Configure Operatory to Service Rules

1. Update the matrix grid by checking the boxes to match services to operatories 2. Click Save to save your changes
3. Click Reset to clear the matrix.

Step 5: Provider Settings

Show Provider

  1. Select Yes if you would like to allow patients to book appointments with a specific provider 

    1. In the dropdown, select whether you want this to be applied for only New Patients, only Existing Patients, or both.

  2. Select No if you don’t want to give patients the option to book with a specific provider.

    1. Choose how you want Adit to associate a Provider to the appointment

      1. Default one provider for all appointments for a new patient

      2. Choose a specific provider depending on which operatory the appointment will be booked in

Enable Providers

Click the toggle to enable/disable which providers will be available for online scheduling

Provider to Service Rules

  1. Update the matrix grid by checking the boxes to match providers to services

  2. Click Save to save your changes

  3. Click Reset to clear the matrix.

Provider to Operatory Rules

  1. Update the matrix grid by checking the boxes to match providers to operatories.

  2. Click Save to save your changes

  3. Click Reset to clear the matrix.

Step 6: Availability Rules

Adit’s Formula for Availability
Click Here to learn how to how Adit will calculate your availability



How to Set Your Office Hours

  1. Select + Add Business Hours (or Edit Business Hours)

  2. Enable the days where your practice is open

  3. Enter the working hours for your practice

  4. Press Save

How to Define the Earliest Time a Patient can Book Their Appointment
Enter how many hours in advance you require patients to schedule. For example: if your practice does not offer same-day appointments, enter at least 24 in the Calendar Buffer field. 

Step 7: Booking Link

Click Here to learn how to set up your custom booking link


 

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