Making multiple patient appointments at the same time

The clinic wants to keep group records, that is, record several patients at the same time in the same time slot. This format is suitable for group sessions, for example, psychotherapy, when several people come to the doctor at one time.

Why an alternative action algorithm may be required

Usually, one slot in the schedule is one patient.

Therefore, for a group reception, the schedule must be adjusted manually so that it visually reflects the number of group members.

Decision

For group recordings, you can shorten the duration of each appointment within the total interval. This way, the system will show each patient separately, and employees will be able to control the number of seats in the group.

Step-by-step implementation

• Determine the total time interval of the group. For example, a psychotherapy group runs from 12:00 to 13:00.

• Calculate the number of seats in the group. For example, 4 patients per group are planned.
• Break the total interval into short individual entries. In this case, each patient can be allocated 15 minutes.
• If patients are enrolled one at a time, allocate them by time within a common window. For example, one patient is at 12:00, the other is at 12:45 to visually preserve the range from 12:00 to 13:00.

• If you need to create «ячейку»a group in advance, you can immediately make several entries «новых пациентов»for the same interval with the name«Психотерапия Группа Б», and then replace the data in each application as patients are recorded.

Important: in this case, the contact number of the clinic is always indicated in the field«Номер телефона».

Important notes

This method is suitable for flexible manual work with group receptions, but requires careful monitoring by the administrator. If records are kept in stages, it is important to ensure that the number of patients does not exceed the number of available places in the group. It is also worth considering that the visual structure of the schedule in this format is used for convenience of accounting, and not as a separate specialized mechanism for group visits.