I'm waiting to upgrade to v5.5 when the scheduler is updated so the appointments are highlighted and time of check-in is logged.
Well, I don't have walk-ins so yours wouldn't be as simple as mine. My M.A. prints my daily schedule at the beginning of the day and it sits at a viewable location for me near the front desk. She uses a highlighter to highlight when the patients arrive, then puts a number beside their name when roomed, blacked out when they leave.
Could we figure out some way to use AC for this? Sure. Would it be as simple? Probably not. When the names start to be color coded in AC, then I'll quit this archaic way.
So let's think. Your walk-ins are the problem using my old fashioned way. So if the front-office person puts them in the system and places time of arrival/chief complaint in the comments suggest, then you could use the former suggestion of "type of patient appointment" and have Room1 NewPt, Room2 NewPt, etc. A few more clicks for the front office to click the patient, edit the appt, and click the "Room 1, New Pt" button, but no a lot. Actually, not too bad at all. Of course, when the patient leaves, the front has to do the same thing and have an appointment called "Discharged" or "Outtahere" or whatever.
