Appointment Management for Labs — Bookings, Slots & Reminders

Manage bookings with capacity-aware slots, automated reminders, and end-to-end sync with home collections and staff schedules — reduce no-shows and optimise throughput.

What appointment management should do

A lab booking system must balance patient convenience and lab capacity — the platform should prevent conflicts, surface staffing needs and deliver reminders to reduce no-shows.

  • • Capacity-aware slots per test, machine and technician.
  • • Slot lead-times and prep instructions for specific tests.
  • • Two-way sync with calendars and phlebotomy runs.

Immediate benefits

Capacity-aware booking slots

Set per-slot capacity, test-specific prep times and equipment constraints to avoid overbooking.

Integrated reminders & prep instructions

Automated WhatsApp reminders with test-specific prep reduces no-shows and improves sample quality.

Sync with collections & staff

Appointments automatically surface pickup needs and staffing requirements to the phlebotomy and scheduling modules.

Reporting & no-show analytics

Track no-show rates, peak hours and slot utilisation to optimise lab capacity and promotions.

Seamless operations

Bookings that drive better lab utilisation

When bookings are linked to collections, staff schedules and reporting, labs can predict load, optimise runs and improve patient experience.

Slot capacity & prep rules

Configure capacity per slot, set buffers for equipment prep, and attach pre-test instructions (fasting, medication restrictions) so patients arrive ready.

  • • Per-test prep instructions in confirmations.
  • • Slot lead-times to prevent last-minute bookings.
  • • Auto-blocking when equipment is reserved for special procedures.

Reminders, confirmations & fallback channels

Reduce no-shows with automated WhatsApp confirmations, reminders with ETA, and SMS/email fallbacks for patients without WhatsApp access.

  • • Customisable reminder cadence (24h, 3h, 30m).
  • • Prep checklists and links to lab FAQs.
  • • Cancellation/reschedule flows surfaced automatically.

Insights

Booking analytics to optimise capacity

Understand peak hours, no-show patterns and slot utilisation to tune staffing, promotions and collection runs.

No-show rate

Track no-shows by slot and test type; run targeted reminders for high-risk slots.

Peak-hour analysis

Identify hours with highest demand and scale staff or open more slots accordingly.

Slot utilisation

See which slots are underused and run targeted offers or adjust capacity.

FAQs

Booking & appointment — Common questions

Slots, conflicts, reminders, integrations and analytics — explained.

Patients can book tests through your lab profile or website, choose slots, add home collection (if available), and pay online or at the lab. Bookings sync instantly to the lab dashboard and phlebotomy schedules.

Fix your bookings, scale your lab

Capacity-aware booking, integrated reminders and actionable analytics — give patients the right slot and labs the right staffing.

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