This feature is helpful when providers wish to limit their time slots on certain days.
How to add placeholders to the Schedule:
Follow these steps:
Login to your Arya EHR account and navigate to 'Schedule'.
Navigate to the Month view.
Click on Add Placeholder from the top menu.
A right-side panel will appear. Here, you need to fill in the information for your placeholder:
User - the Dropdown displays all the clinical users. Select the Provider you are adding the placeholder for.
Type - you can select Available or Unavailable.
Start Date / End Date - if you are adding the placeholder for just one day, you only need to indicate the Start Date. If you wish to add recurring placeholders for a period of time, please add the End Date as well.
Start Time / End Time - select which hours you want the placeholder to cover.
Repeat - if adding a recurring placeholder for a number of days, you can select specific days of the week you wish it to repeat on. If not selected, the placeholder will be added to every day within your time range.
Description - this is a free text field. You can add a small description of the availability or other notes regarding the schedule of the provider.
Availability for Online Booking ('Available' placeholders only) - check this checkbox if you wish to open the time slots within this placeholder for patient online booking.
Click Save at the bottom to add the placeholder to the schedule.
You can see and edit all of your placeholders on the Month view.
How to Edit a Placeholder:
Go to Schedule > Month view
Click on the Placeholder you wish to edit
The right-side panel will open up where you can edit your placeholder.
Once you have made the necessary edits, you can hit 'Save'.
If you wish to remove the placeholder, click Delete at the bottom of the right-side panel instead.
If you want to learn more about the difference between available and unavailable placeholders, click the link below!