Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Booking timeslot interval

The Booking timeslot interval in Setup determines the interval between available appointment starting times on the Online booking web portal.

When Event type duration is selected, the interval between appointment starting times will be the default duration of the selected appointment type.

This is illustrated in the example below, where the Hearing test appointment type has a default duration of 60 minutes.



Availability blocks available for online booking by default

The Availability blocks available for online booking by default setting determines if newly created availability blocks will be available for online booking by default.


Confirmation sender email address 

When an appointment is booked online, the patient will receive a confirmation email from the address specified in the Sending email address for booking confirmations field.

Note

For clinics with multiple locations, you can add a location-specific email address for online booking confirmations. This is the sending email address to patients who book an appointment in this location.  See also: Setting up locations.

Online booking notification email addresses

When an online booking is created, rescheduled, or cancelled, a notification will be sent to the entered email address. 

Image Added

Info

If entering multiple addresses, use a comma to separate them.

Minimum advanced booking time (in minutes)

You can use this setting to stop patients from making appointments that start too soon after their submission of the booking request.

Info

Example: if If you set a minimum notice of 120 minutes (2 hours), anyone looking at your availability at 9:00 am will not see any availability times before 11:00 am.

Maximum advanced booking time (in days)

Use Maximum advanced booking time to stop patients from making bookings too far in advance.

Info

Example: If you set a maximum advanced booking time of 30 days, availability 31 days or more from today will be hidden.

Image Added

Branding Theme color

The Theme color determines the color of highlighted items on the online booking web portal.

The available color options are:

  • Blue

  • Purple

  • Green

  • Orange

  • Red

Branding:  Font family

The Font family determines the font type of all displayed text on the online booking web portal.

The available font options are:

  • Roboto

  • Helvetica

  • Times

  • Courier

Branding:  Font size

The Font size determines the size of all displayed text on the online booking web portal.

The available sizes are:

  • Normal

  • +1

  • +2

  • +3

  • +4

  • +5

Optional contact fields

At a minimum, the online booking web portal requires the following patient information: 

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Phone number and type (mobile, home, work)

  • Email address

The Optional contact fields allow for the following additional fields to be added to the Patient information section:

  • Title

  • Date of birth

  • Gender

  • Address

  • Message to clinic

Terms and conditions

If Terms and conditions are entered, they will show directly above the Book appointment button on the online booking web portal.

Below is what the patient will see on your website: 

Setting age restriction for online booking


If you would like to block minors from booking appointments through your website, you can submit a ticket to support@blueprintsolutions.us. We will create a custom URL and iFrame which can be sent to your web designer. 


Note

These custom URLs can only be created by Blueprint Solutions staff members, and will not update the one you access in your Setup menu.



Panel
titleColorwhite
titleBGColor#3F66A0
titleOn this page

Table of Contents
maxLevel2


Panel
titleColorwhite
titleBGColor#3F66A0
titleRelated pages

Filter by label (Content by label)
showLabelsfalse
showSpacefalse
sorttitle
cqllabel in ( "scheduling_availability" , "oab" )
labelsappointments_editing


Panel
titleColorwhite
titleBGColor#3F66A0
titleVideo tutorials

How To Get Started With Online Appointment Booking