We work in a medical office and therefore need confidentiality. I want to be
able to view the calendar in the "week" view and have the blocks appear busy
or free without displaying the name of the appointment.

When scheduling a client for a follow-up appt, they often look at the screen
for free space and I need the other appointment names hidden from view.

Any suggestions?

John121 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> We work in a medical office and therefore need confidentiality. I
> want to be able to view the calendar in the "week" view and have the
> blocks appear busy or free without displaying the name of the
> appointment.
>
> When scheduling a client for a follow-up appt, they often look at the
> screen for free space and I need the other appointment names hidden
> from view.

Even if you were to use a scheduling tool specifically designed for a
doctor's office, you'd still have this problem. You can't hide your own
entries from yourself. Your best bet is to position your screen in such a
manner that is cannot be viewed by patients. It is your office's duty to
protect the privacy of the patients and having your scheduleing program in
an area where people can look over your shoulder is bad "practice".
--
Brian Tillman

In Palm Desktop you can do this...you can actually hide your appointments
from yourself. There is a "hide" button that hides the names and leaves the
time block blue for busy and white for free. I can't believe Outlook doesn't
have the same feature.

We used this in Palm for a while because the Doc would sync his handheld.
Now that the practice has grown we have more users and they are on a Windows
based platform...

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> John121 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > We work in a medical office and therefore need confidentiality. I
> > want to be able to view the calendar in the "week" view and have the
> > blocks appear busy or free without displaying the name of the
> > appointment.
> >
> > When scheduling a client for a follow-up appt, they often look at the
> > screen for free space and I need the other appointment names hidden
> > from view.
>
> Even if you were to use a scheduling tool specifically designed for a
> doctor's office, you'd still have this problem. You can't hide your own
> entries from yourself. Your best bet is to position your screen in such a
> manner that is cannot be viewed by patients. It is your office's duty to
> protect the privacy of the patients and having your scheduleing program in
> an area where people can look over your shoulder is bad "practice".
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>

John121 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In Palm Desktop you can do this...you can actually hide your
> appointments from yourself. There is a "hide" button that hides the
> names and leaves the time block blue for busy and white for free. I
> can't believe Outlook doesn't have the same feature.

Why should it?

> We used this in Palm for a while because the Doc would sync his
> handheld. Now that the practice has grown we have more users and they
> are on a Windows based platform...

Then you'll have to look for a tool other than Outlook.
--
Brian Tillman