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Set up Appointment Slot Types

Who does this: hospital administrator Where: Appointments › Masters › Appointment Slot Types

A slot type is a session of the OPD day with a start and end time, such as Morning (09:00 AM to 12:00 PM) or Evening (06:00 PM to 09:00 PM). Every slot type appears as a session row in the doctor availability tables of Clinic and Resource Calendar, where its times are filled in for you.

The Appointment Slot Types list with codes, names, start and end times and status

Add a slot type​

  1. Go to Appointments › Masters › Appointment Slot Types.

  2. Click Add. The slot type form opens. The empty slot type form

  3. Fill in the fields:

    FieldWhat to enterRequired
    CodeFilled in automatically when you save.—
    NameThe session name, for example Morning. Up to 50 characters.Yes
    From TimeWhen the session starts.Yes
    To TimeWhen the session ends. Must be later than From Time.Yes
    StatusLeave on Active.—

  4. Click Save. You return to the list and the new slot type appears in it.

Change or deactivate a slot type​

  1. In the list, click the ⋮ button at the end of the row and choose Edit. The row menu with the Edit option
  2. Change the fields you need. To stop using the slot type, switch Status to Inactive.
  3. Click Save.

Slot types cannot be deleted from this screen. Make a slot type Inactive instead.

Good to know​

  • Create only the sessions your hospital really runs. Every active slot type shows as a row for every weekday in the doctor availability tables, so duplicates make those tables longer and harder to fill in.
  • The times here are the defaults for the session. A doctor's own times for a session can be changed in Resource Calendar.
  • Click Back to List or Cancel to leave the form without saving.
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