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| 186 | ==== Making an Appointment ==== |
| 187 | To create a new patient appointment: |
| 188 | 1. Click-and-hold over an area of the schedule that is available for appointments, and then drag the cursor to cover the entire time range needed for the appointment. |
| 189 | 2. Do one of the following: |
| 190 | * Click New Appointment from the Appointment menu. |
| 191 | * Right-click on the selected area, then click the Add Appointment option. |
| 192 | The Select Patient window shown in Figure 4-12 is displayed. |
| 193 | 3. Select a patient by typing lookup information (name, SSN, DOB, or HRN) in the Select Patient Search box. You may enter the first part of the patient's last name, the last 4 digits of the SSN, the entire SSN, HRN, or the DOB in the M-D-YYYY format. |
| 194 | 4. Press Return or click Search. If the system finds only one match, the fields are automatically populated in the Select Patient field. If there is more than one match, a list of available patients is displayed. To select from this list, double-click the patient and then click OK to confirm your selection. Note: You can also recall the last patient you typed in this field by pressing the Spacebar and then Return. |