| DESCRIPTION | This option will update the appointment status for a date rangeof oupatient encounters specified by the user. If an encounter has notbeen checked-in, no-showed or cancelled, then it will be given thestatus of 'NO ACTION TAKEN'. Such encounters will not be usedas part of NPCDB workload reporting. Note: Inpatient encounters and encounters for 'non-count' clinics are not updated since they are not reported to Austin for workload credit. A mailman message will be sent to the mail group specified in theAPPT UPDATE MAIL GROUP (#215) of the scheduling parameters. The bulletin will show the following: o clinic o number of encounters flagged as 'NO ACTION TAKEN' o the total number of encounters o percentage flagged as 'no action taken' |