In Touch EMR allows users to add their own appointment types on their calendar.
To start adding appointment types, click on the Calendar Tab, and choose Appointment Type. Click the "+Add New" button and a pop-up for the Create New Appointment Type will appear.
In the pop-up users must enter the following information:
- Name - This is the title for the appointment type.
- Length (in minutes) - This will determine the duration of that appointment.
- Color - This is the color that will appear around the edges of the appointment (The inner color of the appointment is automatically set by EMR depending on the status of the appointment. Check the Calendar lesson).
- Text Color - The color that the letters in your appointment will appear as.
Editing Appointment Type Colors
Once you click the Select color and Select text color box, a pop-up will appear that will allow you to edit the appointment color and text color.
You can pick your colors in this pop-up
- Pick a color from this vertical selection.
- Choose a shade of that color.
- If you know the RGB codes of your color, you can type it here.
Click the Update button once all information is provided.
All appointment types will appear in a list showing all the information that was entered.
The following options will be available for each appointment type:
- Edit Icon
- This will allow you to edit the Appointment type.
- Delete Icon
- This icon will remove the Appointment type from the list.
Depending on what duration and colors the user has set for the appointment type, that is what will appear on the calendar.
The border color of the appointment is the appointment type.
The background color is the appointment status as listed below: