Documentation
Page Content (Click on blue titles):
- Permissions
- Create Appointment
- Reports
- Using the Tab key
User Permissions Required (contact your BestNotes System Administrator for user permissions):
NOTE: All Contacts (Clients) must be added into the appointment before selecting the Check-In button. |
Creating an appointment (using an appointment type with participants and attached documentation):
- Click in the Calendar for the start time of the desired appointment (Use Overlays and the BestNotes user time zone as needed. For more documentation, click HERE).
- A New Appointment dialog box will open
- If available, select an appropriate Appointment Type
- Click in the Contactsbox
- Add all your Participants (multiple?, e.g. Group Note, Family Therapy)
- NOTE: The Search field is tied to your advanced search settings at the top-left (e.g. if you want to look up by CID, that box must be checked in the top-left)
- Edit other settings as needed (e.g. length, the Private box keeps an appointment locked to that user only and "Busy" when overlayed on other BestNotes Users' Calendars)
- The appointment Facility will default to the client's facility (as seen in the client's episode tab). The first client added that has a facility set will set the appointment facility. *Please Note that it is also recommended that "Require Facility" is enabled in the set-up on all Appointment Types*
- Add text in the Note tab as needed
- Manually adjust ledger codes in the Ledger Tab (for more information, click HERE).
- Click the appropriate Save button
- For more documentation on Locking Appointments, click HERE.
NOTES: All participants must be correctly added into the appointment before selecting the Check-In status button.
Warning: You will NOT be able to update the note with new participants after it is Checked-In. |
Check-In:
- Left or Right-click on the appointment
- Select Check-In
NOTE: This is your last chance to update the participant list prior to creating documentation from the appointment. If somebody needs to be added (Deletes documentation):
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Begin Appointment (Locks Check-In and opens Documentation):
- Right-click and select Begin Appointment.
- Save documentation and exit Note.
- If the appointment has not been Checked-Out, you can always go back to the client's page in the New Note tab/section (Activity Log) to finish it or view the completed note.
Warning: You will NOT be able to update the note (e.g. add new participants to group notes) after it is created. |
Check-out:
- Right-click and select Check-Out.
- If billing is part of this appointment type, it will be added to participant's Register.
- Any Note should be locked.
When the Private Box is checked, the appointment details will not be visible to other users and that block of time will remain reserved. |
For more information on appointment status selections, Click HERE.
C - Appointment Forecasting
Displays future appointments by appointment day, time, and amount of charge.
- Ledger All Providers permission required to display all appointments
- Hold the control (CTRL+) key to select multiple Appointment Types, Providers, and Statuses
- Ledger must be checked for the client
Examples:
- Managing appointment confirmations for future appointment days
- Reviewing number of 'no shows' during a particular date range or by provider
- Monitoring payments collected by appointment date
C - Appts by Client
Displays any scheduled appointment filtered by client.
- This report displays: contact, appt type, provider, appt date, appt time (start and end), confirmed, title, and status.
- This report can be filtered by date range, status, and appointment type.
For more documentation and reports, click HERE.
Create Appointments using the Tab Key
- Click on a time in the Calendar
- Type in the Subject line
- Press Tab
- Appointment Type
- Use the Down Arrow
- OR
- Press the first letter in the title until it appears
- Press Tab
- Choose a Contact
- Type in the last name of the Contact (use the arrow key and press Enter on Name)
- OR
- Click (Mouse) on the Quick Select icon, a box with your My List Contacts and Tags (Groups) can be selected
- Press Tab
- Type in the first letters of the First Name of the Provider
- Use the Down arrow key
- Press Enter
- Press Tab
- In the Reminder box, type a number until your time appears
- 5=5 min
- 1=10-15 min, 1 hour, 12 hours, 1 Day, 1 Week
- 2=20 min, 2 hours, 2 Days
- etc.
- Press Tab
- Press the Spacebar to make a Check in the Private box and keep your appointment locked to that user only and "Busy" when overlayed on other BestNotes Users' Calendars
Recurrence tab:
- Press Tab twice and Enter once to open the Recurrence tab
- Press Tab twice to enter a number in the Every:_days (use your mouse to change it to Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
- Click (Mouse) to enter a number of Occurrences or on a specific date
- Click (Mouse) change a conflicting appointment
Notes tab
- Press Tab 3x and Enter once to open the Notes tab
- Press Tab to enter text
Ledger Tab:
- Press Tab 6x
- Edit as needed
Users Box:
- Press Tab 6x
- Type in the first letters of the First Name of the User
- And or Use the Down arrow key
- Press Enter on Name
Save:
- Press Tab 8x and Enter once to Save and Lock
- Press Tab 9x and Enter once to Save