Calendar Availability Set Up

Setting up your calendar availability is a vital process.

It allows you to define your usual schedule of availability in an overlay on your calendar for staff to see.

If you offer your clients the ability to schedule online from the patient portal, it limits them to self-schedule only when you're available!

In this Article:

Follow these handy steps below to set up your availability.

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Depending on your roles, you can either set up for:

  • As a provider → yourself
  • Or as an owner or manager → edit anyone in the group (click here to bring you to those steps)

As a Provider:

  • Click calendar_month Calendar (left menu)
  • Select from the top right menu:

Click here to bring you to the next section.
Don't see those buttons? Click on the right menu icons to expand the right menu first:

Owners or Managers:

You can edit the availability of any provider in the system:

  • From any screen click your name (top right):

  • From the popup, underneath your name and practice click

  • You'll notice an additional ribbon near the top
  • This allows you to quickly switch between other staff member profiles
  • Click the dropdown shown here, picking the provider you wish to edit:
  • Find the section Calendar (top tab)
  • Find the bottom section Weekly Availability
  • Click (far right)

Now, lets get a rough idea of your schedule:

On the Add Availability page:

  • if not already set up, you will want to set up a schedule that's close to what you typically provide
    • Don't worry! We will 'sculpt' this further later
  • Check and uncheck the days of the week in order to set up something that's close, but not perfect
    • We will perfect and chisel your schedule as a next step
  • Select the Office if not the default
  • Then choose if clients can schedule online or not
    • With integrated telehealth, clients have the option to schedule telehealth, in person, or both
    • If you have integrated telehealth or Zoom, you can chose between in person, telehealth, or both
  • You can also adjust the start and end times of your morning and afternoon, split with an hour lunch
    • Don't want the split? Simply drag the section down in the next set of steps to cover it
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Viewing and Editing your Availability

Now, You'll see your availability as blocks of time.

  • Click the bottom of the block and grab it to stretch it or shrink it
  • Click, hold, and drag to move the entire block
  • Click anywhere on the schedule to create a block you can edit and adjust


Editor options

  • Click on each section to edit the properties on the right:
    • location_city Location
    • update Time slot sizes
    • event_available Whether clients can self schedule online
    • delete Delete the section


  • Click and hold to drag the slot to another time or date
    • Tip: set the start time first when dragging, then drag the slot down to expand it
  • Hover over the bottom center of the section, then click and hold to drag it down

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Example:

  • Clicking on a section and editing properties on the right
  • Deleting a section
  • Creating a new section
  • Resizing a section

Adding an Exception

At it's simplest core, availability is a weekly recurring schedule.

You can add an exception to your usual schedule if you wish to.


Exceptions:

  • Have a start and end date date
    • Only one is retired: A start time and/or end time
  • Completely overwrites your availability set for that date range

Your exception will be the new availability for that date range, completely tossing aside your "normal schedule."

  • Click the button (far right menu)
  • Select the start and end dates for the different schedule
  • Then proceed like you did to set up your usual availability

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Examples and Solutions:

Your schedule changes at the beginning of this upcoming year and has no end date:

  • Add an exception to start 1/1/24 with no end date
  • Set a rough idea of your availability
  • Then draw your new availability for the new year

You have a day you want to add 2 slots to, but wish to retain your existing availability too:

  • Add an exception for that date (same start & end date)
  • Make a note of the day of the week (for below)
  • Then ensure the availability for those days of the week has your regular schedule plus the 2 slots

You have a month where your availability changes:

  • Add an exception for that month's date range
  • Set a rough idea of your availability
  • Then draw your new availability for that month

For multiple days off or out of office, instead of an exeption you can just use the schedule for that.

Just click on the top all-day section for the starting date, set the name, and click (beside at the bottom right).

You can set it to all day and/or repeat. Meetings block availability.

Switching between Exceptions and Availability Date Ranges

Switching between Exceptions and Availability Date Ranges

Once you add an exception, you'll notice a dropdown menu bar that you can use at the top to switch between the availability dates and the various exceptions. Click on that to switch between the various date ranges and make your adjustments as needed.


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Click I'm Done when you are finished making changes!

Viewing your Availability on your Schedule

Now, when you go back to your Calendar View, you will see your availability highlighted by this translucent color, guiding your eye to easily know your usual availability.

Scheduling an appointment within that availability slot will default to that office location (but you may always override this with the button when scheduling)

You and your staff can still schedule a patient outside of this availability if you have a need to do so. That location will be scheduled on your group's primary or default office location.

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