Blocking Out Time on the Calendar
To block out time in the ICANotes Appointment Book for lunch, a vacation, or something similar, please follow these instructions:
1. From the Chart Room, click on the 'Calendar' button to go to the Calendar.
2. Make sure there is no patient selected. Having a patient selected will impact reminders for that patient. If there is a a patient listed, click the red X to remove the patient before moving on to step 3.
3. Start a new appointment by clicking the '+ New Appt' button.
4. In the Event Details window, select "BO" (block out) as the appointment status.
5. Select the desired Date, Time and Clinician for the block out.
6. You may also choose to Repeat this event using the 'More' button. This will allow you to schedule a clinician's lunch for the same time every day, block out the first of every month for payroll, etc.
You can set an event to repeat Daily, Weekly, Monthly or yearly. The sample block out is being set to repeat daily for a year. Click OK at the bottom to save the repeating event, or cancel if you do not want the event to repeat.
7. Click the 'Save' button to block out the time and the appropriate clinician's calendar.
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