Follow-up & Fee Validity

Follow-up Appointments

From a completed encounter, you can:

1. Click Create > Patient Appointment to schedule a follow-up
2. The new appointment is linked to the original encounter
3. The practitioner and patient details are pre-filled

Fee Validity

When a consultation fee is paid, a Fee Validity record is created:

Field	Description
Patient	The patient who paid
Practitioner	The consulting practitioner
Valid Till	Expiration date of the fee validity
Status	Active or Expired

How it works:

• If the patient returns for a follow-up within the validity period, no additional consultation fee is charged
• The validity period is configurable (e.g., 7 days, 14 days, 30 days)
• The system checks fee validity automatically when creating appointments
• Expired validities are marked as "Completed" by a daily scheduled task