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Practice settings

Name, address, booking rules, logo, prescription look, and which visit measurements to show.

On this page

Admin only. Open More → Practice. Click Save practice when the form is done. One switch on this page saves on its own: reception access to prescriptions.

How the practice is named

Legal name

For records.

Display name

What patients and prescriptions show.

Practice number

The practice’s own number.

Email

Practice contact email.

Phone

Practice contact phone.

Website

Include https://.

Where you are

Street address, line 2, city, province, postal code, and timezone. The address prints on prescriptions.

What patients can book

These limits apply to the patient portal. Staff can still book inside the practice when needed.

Default visit length (minutes)

Used when a booking does not pick a different visit type.

Soonest booking (minutes)

How close to now a patient may book.

How far ahead (days)

The furthest date a patient may book.

Soonest cancellation (minutes)

How close to the visit a patient may still cancel. After that, reception has to help.

Who may do what

Patients can book online

They pick a doctor, visit type, and time from the portal.

Patients can cancel

Only until the cancellation notice.

Reception may edit hours

Lets reception change weekly hours and time off on Schedule.

Reception and prescriptions

Reception may view prescriptions lets reception open issued scripts on a patient chart, including the medication list and the PDF. Access is view-only. Reception cannot write, sign, void, or reissue. Drafts stay with the doctor.

Upload a practice logo. It is used on printed material such as prescriptions.

Prescription look

Choose a template and accent colour for new scripts. Use the preview before you save.

Simple

A plain typed script.

Modern

Colour bar, cards, and labelled dose chips.

Letterhead

Centred stationery with a ruled medication list.

Banner

A full-width colour header.

Visit measurements

Choose which readings appear on a visit, and which numbers are graphed on the patient chart. Standard readings are temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, SpO2, weight, and height. Tick Show and Graph, then save.

You can also add a custom measurement: name, optional unit, and type (Number, Decimal, or Text). Text is not graphed. Tick Show on visits and, for numbers, Graph on chart, then click Add measurement.