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Define Blocks and their characteristics |
Blocks reserve time on a provider's schedule for certain visit types or types of patients. Blocks can be visual indicators on a provider's schedule that let schedulers know that a time slot or multiple time slots should be used for a visit type or type of patient. Blocks can also be restrictive and force schedulers to put certain visit types or types of patients at certain times. |
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Define Visit Type Blocks |
Look to the: visit type being scheduled Used to: specify where on the schedule those visit types should be scheduled EX: Physical block indicates 'schedule physicals here' |
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Define Patient Level Blocks |
Look to the: patient's ADT status, patient type, or some custom category. Used to: Keep the wrong type of patient from being scheduled. EX: Inpatient block looks to the patient's ADT status; keeps outpatients from being scheduled. |
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What are the required steps to creating a block? |
1. Add block to block category list (SER 60) 2. Release the block - make it available to be used: - Department level - Provider level Additional Step: can link block to a visit type to restrict scheduling VT to that block. |
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If you want a provider to have additional blocks available for a schedule that are not already released at the department level, you need to release those clocks through one of what three activities? |
1. Edit Provider Activity 2. Provider Master File in text 3. Bock Database Editor |
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Why would you want to time release blocks? |
If a block isn't used in a certain time period, you can choose to have the block change to another block or remove the block from the slot. This will allow for efficient scheduling. |
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Define Block Scheduling Restrictions |
Block scheduling restrictions allow you to specify parameters for when you can schedule into blocks. Can be set up at provider or department level Block scheduling only allows scheduling something other than a block if a user has overrule security |
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When setting up time release of blocks, what is the purpose of the Change Days field? |
Number of days before the appointment date that it should change. |
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Is it ok to leave the New Block field blank? Why or why not? |
Yes - if left blank it changes to an open block |
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When does the system time release blocks? |
At EOD processing |
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What happens when a block is time released? |
changes to a new block or unblocked slot at the date set. |
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What security do you need in order to overrule block scheduling restrictions? |
None, if overrule is set to yes. |
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True o rFalse: Once you create a new block in the blocks category list, you can add it to a provider's schedule. |
False - blocks must be released to providers or departmetns beore you can add them to schedules. |
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True or False: Visit Type blocks look to the specific visit type used when scheduling an appointment. |
True |
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Which of the following could be examples of a patient level block? Choose all that apply. A. Inpatient B. Confidential Patient C. Physicals D. Employee |
A. Inpatient B. Confidential Patient D. Employee |
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True or False: If a provider is using blocks released to her department, she cannot also use blocks released at the provider level |
False - proivders can use blocks released to the department, provider, or both |
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True or False: You can use blocks on a provider's schedule even if they are not linked to a visit type |
True |
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Which of the following statements is true of a visit type that uses a block that's been configured to match on "all slots"? A. That visit type can be scheduled in any time slot on the provider's schedule B. Each slot used for that type of visit needs to be blocked for that visit type. C. Only the first slot used by that type of visit needs to be blocked for that visit type. D. At least one, but not all, of the sots used by that time of visit needs to be blocked for that visit type. |
B. Each slot used for that type of visit needs to be blocked for that visit type. |
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Which of the following statements describe how the time release of blocks functionality works? A. It can change time blocked for physicals to time blocked for Same Day appts B. It can remove a new patient block from an unused appointment slot. C. It can break up a 60 minute slot into two 30 minute slots. D. It can remove private time from a Provider's schedule. |
A. It can change time blocked for physicals to time blocked for Same Day appts B. It can remove a new patient block from an unused appointment slot. |
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THe Block Database Editor allows you to do which of the following? Choose ALL that apply. A. Release a block to multiple providers B. Release a block to multiple departments C. Set up time release of blocks D. Associate a block with multiple visit types. |
A, B, C, D |
