# Appointments & check-in

> Book, edit, and reschedule appointments, and move patients through the day.

The Appointments screen is your view of the day. Everything books against a
doctor's real open slots, so you never have to worry about double-booking or
times outside clinic hours.

## Booking an appointment

1. Go to **Appointments** and start a new booking.
2. Search for the patient (or add a new one).
3. Choose the doctor.
4. Pick a slot from the doctor's open times — a simple day-and-slot picker over
   the next couple of weeks. There's no free-text time box on purpose.

If a doctor has no slots, it usually means their availability isn't set up yet —
ask them to add their working hours (see
[Availability & Google Calendar](/help/doctors/availability-and-calendar)).

## Moving through the day

Appointments carry a status as the visit progresses — scheduled, checked in,
completed, no-show, or cancelled. Update the status as patients arrive and are
seen, so the day's board stays accurate for everyone.

## Editing and rescheduling

Open an appointment and choose **Edit** to change the doctor, slot, type, or
reason. The patient stays fixed. When you reschedule, the current time stays
selectable, and Nimo keeps the doctor's Google Calendar in step — moving the
event, or re-homing it to a new doctor's calendar if you change the doctor.

## Confirming patient requests

When a patient books themselves (via a booking link, see
[Walk-in & patient booking](/help/front-desk/walk-in-registration)), the
appointment arrives as a **request**. Confirm it like any other appointment and
it becomes scheduled.

## Good to know

- Appointment length follows the doctor's slot size — picking a slot sets both
  the start and the end.
- Times always show in your clinic's timezone, everywhere, so a slot chip and the
  saved appointment always agree.
- Every visit gets its own short number (like **V-0042**) as soon as it starts —
  you'll see it on the appointment, the day's schedule, and the patient's record,
  which makes a visit easy to reference on a call or a receipt.