Add Block to Resource Schedule

Note:

Blocks added in Patient Administration System are not visible in Scheduling Appointment Book (SchApptBook.exe) and are not recognized when you schedule an appointment using this product. If a site continues to maintain shared calendars across the executables (for example, a physician who has perioperative scheduling and physician practice scheduling), Oracle Cerner recommends that you use block slots as part of a resource's default schedule so that time is appropriately accounted for in all scheduling systems. Resource default schedules can be managed as part of a resource's regularly applied default schedule or ad hoc in Revenue Cycle. See Ad Hoc Resource Schedule Change Workflow in Revenue Cycle Scheduling for more information.

Complete the following steps to add a block:

1. Select Add New Block. The Create Resource Block dialog box opens.
2. Complete the block information, including resources, block reason, recurrence, date, and time.
3. Select Add.
4. If the block results in a conflict, a Resource Conflict message is displayed. To continue, select Add. If you no longer want to add the block, select Cancel.
5. The block is added to the resource schedule.
6. If the block results in a conflict, a Block Conflict message is displayed on the appointment that causes the conflict.
7. Locate any conflicting appointments and reschedule them. For information regarding the reschedule workflow, see Reschedule an Appointment in Oracle Health Patient Administration.
8. Once the appointment is rescheduled, the block conflict is resolved on the resource schedule. Repeat for any additional conflicts.

   Note:

   A block conflict may generate a reschedule request, depending on your configuration in Millennium Platform. If a request is generated, it must be managed in Millennium Platform. See Understand Completing Appointment Requests in Revenue Cycle Workflow for more information.