Chiropractors: run short appointment days online

A chiropractic follow-up can take fifteen minutes, so a full day means a lot of patients and a lot of phone calls to arrange them. With Book, patients book short follow-up slots on your own booking page, new patients book a longer first visit at set times, and you rebook regular patients before they leave. The phone stays quiet and the day runs on rhythm.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description, all shown on your public page. Each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations are examples: set your own according to your practice and the rules that apply to you.

A long new-patient visit in the middle of a run of short follow-ups breaks the rhythm. Open new-patient slots only at set times, such as the first hour of the morning or after lunch. Slots repeat weekly on the weekdays you choose until an end date. Slots of different services can overlap, so don't open follow-ups at the same times as new-patient visits.

You create every slot, so you decide where the breathing room goes. Leave a few minutes every hour for notes and a drink, and a longer break at midday, by simply not opening slots then. The gaps never appear on your page.

When a patient needs another visit, book it from your bookings list before they leave the room. First and last name are enough; with their email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file. Book doesn't send reminders, so that calendar file keeps the date in their phone. See the guide on rebooking before patients leave for more.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the patient's calendar file. Ask patients not to describe symptoms there; you'll go through them in the visit. Neutral service names, such as "Follow-up visit", help too.

Short slots leave little margin. Say in each description how early to arrive and that a late arrival may shorten the visit. If you fall behind, the gaps you planned absorb a few minutes.

Book has one booking page per business and no staff field. In a clinic with several chiropractors, create services per practitioner; slots of different services can overlap, so each runs their own day.

Book doesn't store medical records, take payments, sell visit packages or send reminders. Patients can't move or cancel online: they contact you. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.