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You can then enter the times of your anesthesia and MacPractice will calculate the number of units. Remember to use the 24-hour clock to enter the time, also known as military time.

Examples:MacPractice also allows for multiple time entries per anesthesia, in which case you can use the Time 2 and Time 3 Start and End fields.

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Example 1

In this example the anesthesia time is from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., or 12:00 to 15:00 military time. Since this only is 3 hours, the increments are 15 minutes per unit. The total minutes are 180, yielding 12 units. Then, the 4 base units are added to the calculated units, giving a total number of 16 units.

12 + 4 = 16

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Example 2

In this next example, the anesthesia time is from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., or 12:00 to 18:00 military time. Since this is over 4 hours, the increments of the first 4 hours are calculated at 15 minutes per unit and the last 2 hours are calculated at 10 minutes per unit. The total minutes from the first 4 hours is 240, giving us 16 units. The total minutes from the last 2 hours is 120, giving us 12 units. The four base units are then added to the calculated units, giving a total number of 32 units.

12 + 16 + 4 = 32

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MacPractice also allows for multiple time entries per anesthesia, in which case you can use the Time 2 and Time 3 Start and End fields.

Detecting Conflicts

Validating Anesthesia Times

Your office will also be able to check for time conflicts with other anesthesia procedures with the same provider if the appropriate Preference is enabled.

To enable this feature, go to the MacPractice Preferences > Ledger > New Charge and check the Validate Anesthesia Times checkbox.

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