This article is part of the systems administration guide. You will require administration access to view the pages mentioned in this article.
To create brand new theatre Calendar Session Types follow these steps:
1. Update calendar settings
- Click Administration.
- Click Appointments.
- Select Calendar Session Types.
- Click Show and Edit.
- Enabled For Theatre = YES (Checked).
- Select the Service Location for this theatre list.
- Service location that prints on the theatre List printout for sessions of this Session Type. If not selected the Location of the appointment will display instead.
- Click Update Calendar Settings.
2. Create new calendar session type
- Click Administration → Appointments → Calendar Session Types.
- Click the New button.
- Fill in the fields based on the table below.
- When done, click Create Calendar Session Type.
Field | Description |
Name | Give the session a descriptive name |
Location | Specify the location that has the hospital Service Location under it. |
| Enabled For Theatre | Indicates that this Session Type should have the extra fields required for external Theatre bookings. It also activates Theatre fields for any appointments booked into this a session of this Session Type and makes the session appear on the Theatre List screen. Set this to YES (TRUE). |
Service Location (if Enabled for Theatre ticked) | Service location that the theatre will be performed at. This prints on the Theatre List printout for sessions of this Session Type. If not selected the Location of the appointment will display instead. Tips: ·The service location is filtered based on the Location selected for this Calendar Session Type. If you can't find the service location try changing the location. ·If you don't bill via CareRight for these theatre procedures, then leave this blank. |
Category | Select Procedure |
Duration | Length of the Session Type in minutes |
| Inactive | Inactive = FALSE - Session Type appears in Pick Lists Inactive = TRUE - Session Type does not appear in Pick Lists |
Sort Order | Where the calendar session appears in the pick list when selecting it and also on the Administration > Appointments > Calendar Session Types screen |
Colour | Coloured background for the session (appointments will have a smaller slab of colour so contrast against this). You can select from the picker or enter the hex value. |
Default Appointment Type | When creating an appointment in this session, this appointment type will be automatically selected. The choice can then be changed to a different appointment type. So a Review Session may default to Appointment Type "Review (short)" |
