EMR Appointment Type Mapping

mapping your appointment type(s) that you create in ocean to the appointment types found in your emr allows ocean to book patients into your schedule, and assign one of your pre existing emr appointment types to the appointment that is booked in your schedule this is helpful so that when a patient books into your schedule, you can easily recognize the type of appointment they booked when looking at your emr schedule you can also take advantage of powerful restrictions, such as enforcing a maximum number of appointments per day of each type, or even designate bookable slots in your emr schedule for each type of appointment important notes about appointment type mapping please note that if you decide to map to emr appointment types, you must map all appointment types you cannot leave any unmapped if you change the name of your appointment type in your emr after completing you initial configuration, please revisit your appointment types configuration page in ocean and verify that all appointments are correctly mapped ocean may not recognize the change in the emr appointment type name, so it's always best to double check your appointment type configurations to ensure your appointment type mapping is accurate additionally, accuro and oscar pro users must note that at this time, ocean cannot book appointments in your emr and assign a "reason" from the drop down field on the appointment navigate to ocean's online booking settings login to the ocean portal https //ocean cognisantmd com/ click the " menu " button in the top left corner and select " online booking " click the " settings " button in the top right corner https //archbee image uploads qa s3 amazonaws com/zicxj0dnlereb6uurba3 /vgqwbnxk6lfo2jlvseenw ob settings configure appt types png next to the appointment types heading, click configure enable emr appointment type mapping on the left side of your screen, click the button enable emr appointment type mapping this will enable it, and a fourth column will be added to the appointments table named "emr appointment type" https //archbee image uploads qa s3 amazonaws com/zicxj0dnlereb6uurba3 /cgvmwmk1kruwkhsl2y8fk screen shot 2020 05 13 at 30450 pm png use the blue add appointment button and configure the appointment(s) you would like to make available for online booking ensure each appointment is given a duration (in minutes) for each appointment type that you create in ocean, you must select an emr appointment type from the dropdown this dropdown menu displays the list of appointment types found within your emr the emr appointment type you choose here is the type of appointment which the patient will be booked into your emr schedule with for example, the screenshot on the right indicates that when a patient chooses the “new issue (quick visit)” label during their booking, it will be booked into your emr schedule using the “new patient intake” emr appointment type https //archbee image uploads qa s3 amazonaws com/zicxj0dnlereb6uurba3 /abeozscbcknxil5b2oauf screen shot 2020 05 14 at 31258 pm png ensure you do not leave any items blank in your table when you are finished, click the blue save button in the bottom left where to find emr appointment types login to your profile emr and click on maintain/short codes emr appointment types are found under contacts