Appointment for new patient

gutiersa wrote on Wednesday, April 16, 2008:

I have not figured out how to give an appointment to a new patient. I do not want to enter a new patient into the system because if they do not show up for the appointment (and many don’t) then I will have opened up a chart for no reason.
Is there a way to enter text into the calendar time slot? If I type it in under event comments, the name does not show up in the calendar.

markleeds wrote on Wednesday, April 16, 2008:

Enter them as new patients.  When they do not show up and they try to make an appointment again months or years later, you will already be aware of their non-compliance in keeping appointments.

gutiersa wrote on Wednesday, April 16, 2008:

Oh my goodness, I practice in an under served area, many of my pts are soooo bad with keeping their appts.
Yes, if there is no other way i’ll have to do that. Where are you that you are on your computer late?

thanks