Now that your Patient Portal is ready to go live, it's time to learn about Schedule Types, Practitioner Availability and How Patients can create a login for your portal.
Table of Contents
- How to Create a New Schedule Type
- How to Assign Schedule Types
- How to Set Up a Practitioners Availability
- How to Customize Portal Availability
- How to Allow Products & Services to be Booked on the Patient Portal
- How to Grant a Patient Access to the Patient Portal
- How to Register in the Patient Portal as a Patient
How to Set Up a New Schedule Type
Schedule Types provide a variety of assignable schedules to practitioners. They are used to link the practitioner to the products and services they will show in the portal for patients to book online.
Step 1
From Settings, select Schedule Types under Schedule & Holidays.
Step 2
Select New Schedule Type located on the top-right corner of the page.
Step 3
Give your Schedule Type a Code and Name and click Save.
| Note: The remaining fields are optional but we suggest you fill in as many as you see fit. |
Learn more about the individual fields
| Code |
Codes are not required to be entered but can be used if preferred. |
| Name |
Enter a title for the Schedule Type |
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Clinic |
If in a multi-clinic setting, you may select to allow this schedule type to be used in any or a specific clinic. |
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Default Duration |
Select the default duration that will apply to appointments booked without products or services used. Otherwise, a product or service's default duration will override the schedule type's set duration. |
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Allowed Conflicts |
Select whether this schedule type will allow more than one appointment booked at the same time. Otherwise, an override will be required by the user creating the appointment. |
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Allow Telehealth Appointments |
If using Telehealth, select whether or not this schedule type will be applicable for booking telehealth appointments. |
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Background Color |
Select a colour by preference to distinguish one schedule type from another visually. |
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Font Color |
If selecting a very dark or blank background color, it is recommended to adjust the font color to prevent the text displayed on appointments to blend in. |
Your Schedule Type has now been created.
Learn How to Set up Schedule Types & Colour Code Your Schedule
How to Assign Schedule Types
There are 2 ways to add Schedule Types to the Practitioners Profile.
1. From within the Practitioner Profile, Availability tab.
Step 1
Navigate to Settings>Staff Section>Practitioners.
Step 2
Select the Down arrow beside Open located to the left of the Practitioner name and select Schedule Types.
Step 3
Select the Schedule Type from the list on left side of the page the select Add and it will move to the right side of the list.
2. From the Practitioner profile Availability tab
Step 1
From within the Practitioner profile, go to the Availability tab and Open one of the availability records by clicking the button and select Edit from the dropdown menu.
Step 2
Select the Edit icon to be directed to a list of Schedule Types.
Step 3
Select an item from the list of Schedule Types under Available that you want to be be attached to the Practitioner. Then select +Add.
It will move down to the bottom of the popup section under "Added" and then select Save.
Repeat these steps for each Schedule Type you want to add.
How to Set Up a Practitioners Availability
After assigning schedule types to a Practitioner, you will now need to set the Availability.
Step 1
From Settings, select Practitioners under Staff.
Step 2
Select Open next to the Practitioner.
Step 3
Select the Availability tab and click +Add next to Standard Availability.
OR edit an existing Availability record by clicking the button and selecting Edit.
Step 4
Select a Start Date (the first day applicable to this schedule) and an End Date (the last day applicable to this schedule).
| *Note: An End Date is not required for a regular ongoing daily schedule. |
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*Important |
When creating availability records if you have more than 1 record, ensure they are in chronological order. For example: Start Date Jan. 1, 2023 End Date April 30, 2023 the next availability would be Start Date May 1, 2023 End Aug. 1, 2023. |
Step 6
Within the Practitioner Availability, under Schedule Availability select the Schedule Type from those added then select blocks of available time.
| Tip | To select a whole row or block of time click on the first time block, hold down the shift key and click the last time block. The whole area within that space will be highlighted. Do the same to remove highlighted blocks. |
How to Customize Portal Availability
If you'd like to restrict certain times from being booked via the Patient Portal, you can Customize Portal Availability.
Step 1
Under Schedule Availability, select Customize Portal Availability.
Step 2
Using the availability blocks, select the times you'd like made available in the Patient Portal then select Save.
In this example, only the highlighted times would be shown on the Portal.
Click here for further information on assigning Schedule Types
| Notes | Schedule types not added to a block will be available during appointment booking. In the example provided, the practitioner will have the available time assigned to the Physiotherapy schedule type and the user creating an appointment will have the option to select Assessments in its place. This appointment will appear in its colour (as long as schedule settings are set to have the appointment colour as per Schedule Type) and apply allowed conflict rules. |
How to Allow Products & Services to be Booked on the Patient Portal
Products & Services are linked to Schedule Types that will allow them to be displayed per location and per practitioner(s) that are attached to the schedule type.
Step 1
Navigate to Settings>Products & Services Section>Products & Services.
Step 2
Find the Product & Service Item(s) that you would like to be displayed in the patient portal and select Open.
| *Note: These are services that you would like patients to book online, information displayed on the service may be displayed through the patient portal. |
Step 3
Set the Book from the Portal option to Yes.
Step 4
Ensure the Service Duration, Portal Conflicts Allowed, Practitioner Type, and Apply to Schedule Types have been set up.
Learn more about the individual fields
| Service Duration |
Set the default service duration that can be adjusted by staff when booking an appointment, but not for patients booking within the patient portal. |
| Book From Portal |
Select Yes to offer this service has an option for booking on the patient portal. |
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Portal Conflicts |
Select how many appointments can be used when the patient is booking with this service in 1 time slot. |
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Practitioner Type |
Assign the practitioner type that will apply when booking this service. |
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Apply to |
Assign the schedule type that will apply when booking this service. |
| Note |
If you have a Practitioner that works out of multiple locations, you can set up a Schedule Type with the Practitioner name and the correct clinic location attached to it. Assign the Schedule Type to the Practitioner and use it to set up their Availability. When you are setting up the Products & Services for the portal, select their name as the schedule type. |
How to Grant a Patient Access to the Patient Portal
Get your patients to start booking appointments, paying bills, filling out medical information and uploading documents through your clinics Patient Portal. Be sure to first send the patient a Portal Invitation Email directly through their Patient Profile.
| Note: You can also use the Patient Welcome Packet to send out a Patient Portal Registration link and Intake forms. Learn How to Send the Patient Welcome Packet to New Patients here. |
Step 1
Navigate to Patients tab then select Open next to the patient you would like to edit.
Step 2
Select Portal Access
Step 3
You can provide portal access for the patient with either of these two following methods:
1) Select Click Here to send the patient an email Invitation with a link to the patient portal to create a password.
| Note | The Invitation is only active for 3 days. If the patient has not used it within this time frame you will have to send then another Invitation. |
-- OR --
2) Select Create to enter an account username and password manually then select Apply Changes.
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Tip: Set the Username as their email address allowing them to click the Forgot Password option and get an email to update their password. |
Step 4
Within the Available Practitioners section you are able to select which practitioner(s) the patient will be able to view in the portal for booking. Select one or more (by holding CTRL) practitioners that will be available to book the patient using the Patient Portal.
When finished editing select Save.
How to Register in the Patient Portal as a Patient
In order to book an appointment online, patients will need to register via the Patient Portal. They can do so by following these steps.
Step 1
From your clinics Patient Portal login page, click Signup.
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Note: Your clinic's patient portal URL will follow this format: https://yourclinicname.juvonno.com/plogin.php |
Step 2
Select the New Patient option.
Step 3
Fill-in the First Name, Last Name, Email, and create a Password. Confirm that I'm not a robot and click Sign Up.
| Note: Your email address will be used for your username, as well as for any correspondence. |
They will now be registered in the Patient Portal and can access it's full functionality.
| Tip | Create a test patient and log in to view the custom text areas you have set up and experience the Patient Portal to provide guidance for new patients. |
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