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Users who want to learn to set up a patient self-booking availability.

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1. Setting up patient self-booking availability

1.1. Video

1.2. Steps

1. By following these instructions, you can seamlessly set up appointment availability for patients. To begin, go to the Calendar module in Ideagen Maritime Health Onboard under the Scheduler tab.

2. Select this More Actions button.

3. Click Patient Self-booking Availability.

4. Next, click Add to create a new time slot for patients to book appointments.

5. Add the dates for the appointment time period.

6. Next, click "here" to add the availability details.

7. Then, choose who the appointment is reserved for, Crew or Guest.

8. Add the appointment duration in minutes, which specifies the length of each appointment.

9. Then, add the appointment Start Time, which indicates the time of day the clinic begins taking appointments for this time slot.

10. Add the appointment End Time.

11. Enter the number of concurrent appointments. This specifies how many appointments will be held simultaneously during this time slot.

12. Next, select a Resource who will attend to patients during the appointments. This can be a doctor or a nurse.

13. Choose the Allowed Appointments to reserve this time slot, such as communicable disease follow-up appointments.

14. To enable SeaConsult for the appointment, toggle the Allow SeaConsult option. This allows you to start a SeaConsult call for the appointment.

15. Click Save.

16. View the entry to confirm the details.

17. To offer this appointment slot on other days during the week, select Copy to other days.

18. Choose the other days of the week to copy the appointment availability.

19. Select Done when you are finished copying the days.

20. Click on the Save button.

21. Click the actions button again to view the new entry.

22. Finally, view the created appointment.