Create an Activity Type for a schedule. This Activity Type will determine the types of appointments that can be booked in that schedule's time. For example, a "Consultation" Activity Type could be created for a schedule that can only be used for Short Consultation and Long Consultation Appointment Types.
Overview
A practitioner's Schedule in the Appointment Book is allocated an Activity Type with a colour, for example, blue for Consultation time and purple for Theatre time. This tells staff what Appointment Types they should book in the doctor's schedule. Appointment types have a colour that replaces the colour of the Activity Type in the Appointment Book.
Example: A practice has a green Activity Type - Theatre used for the Appointment Type > Surgery and a blue Activity Type -Consultation used for the Appointment Types: Long Consultation-30min, Std Consultation-15min and New Patient-30min. Reception wants to book a Std Consultation and sees 2 doctors with a blue schedule and 1 doctor with a green schedule, and make the appointment in a blue block of time.
To create an Activity Type:
- Go to Zedmed's Management tab.
- Select Practice Setup then Appointments > Activity Types.
The Appointment Activity Types screen will open. - Select New.
The New Appointment Activity screen will open. - In the Description field, enter a description for the activity type.
- Select Set Text Colour.
- Select a colour from the palette and OK to save it.
- Select Set Background Colour.
- Select a colour from the palette and OK to save it.
This colour will be applied to blocks of time scheduled using this activity type in the Appointment Book. - Select Close to save and exit.
- Log out and back into Zedmed to start using the new Activity Type.
