Blackout Scheduling

The day a doctor disappears. And no patient falls through.

Dr. Chen calls in sick at 7am. Twelve patients are already booked. With Qlynic, the moment you issue a blackout, every slot vanishes from the booking flow — instantly. No phone calls. No double-bookings. No one waiting at a locked door.

Instant on Book.aspx
AI impact warning
5 blackout types
Auto patient notify
0s
Propagation delay
Booking flow updates instantly
180d
Max blackout range
Vacation, sabbatical, leave
5
Blackout types
Day · AM · PM · Vacation · Slot
5 Blackout Types

Every absence has a shape.
Name yours exactly.

A quick dentist appointment is not a sick day. A sick day is not a vacation. A conference morning is not a blocked afternoon. Qlynic gives each absence its precise shape — so the booking flow reflects reality, not approximation.

Qlynic · Blackout Type Selector · Interactive
Auto-cycling
Full Day
00:00 – 24:00
Morning
00:00 – 12:00
Afternoon
12:00 – 24:00
Vacation
Date range
Time Slot
Custom hours
FULL DAY
Every slot gone. The whole day.
The doctor is unavailable from midnight to midnight. All their services disappear from Book.aspx the moment you save. Patients see no availability. No explanation needed.
AI Impact Analysis

Before you block —
see who you're moving.

A blackout is a weight. Before you confirm, Qlynic's AI scans every appointment in the affected window and tells you exactly who is affected, whether an alternative doctor is available, and what happens to each patient — so you decide with full knowledge, not a guess.

Scan before you confirm

The AI reads your appointment calendar the moment you start configuring a blackout — before a single slot is changed.

Alternative doctor matching

For each affected patient, the AI finds whether another doctor in your clinic is available for the same service and time — and offers to reassign automatically.

One-tap patient notifications

Confirm the blackout and every affected patient receives a personalised SMS and email with a reschedule link — before they even realise the change.

AI Impact Analysis · Coming soon
Qlynic AI · Impact Analysis
GPT-4o
Appointment scan
Scanning appointments…
8
Affected
8
Notified
8
Resolved
Affected patients
JD
James D.
Ortho Consult · May 14
AFFECTED
MK
Maria K.
Joint Review · May 15
AFFECTED
AL
Alex L.
Follow-up · May 16
AFFECTED
Alternative doctor available for all 3 patients
Clinic administrator using Qlynic's holographic AI impact analysis interface to assess a doctor blackout
Auto Notifications

The AI handles
what happens next.

Your patients don't find out from a missed call. They don't wait at a locked door. The moment a blackout is confirmed, Qlynic sends every affected patient a personalised message — SMS and email — with a reschedule link and their doctor's next available slot. You don't lift a finger.

Sent before the patient notices

Notifications fire within seconds of blackout confirmation — not end of day, not "when someone gets to it." The message lands before the patient even wonders why their reminder didn't arrive.

SMS and email, simultaneously

Both channels fire at once via Twilio and your clinic's email provider. The patient gets whichever they read first. The message includes their name, service, new proposed time, and a one-tap reschedule link.

Response tracking included

Qlynic tracks who rescheduled, who opened the link, and who hasn't responded — so you can follow up personally only with the patients who need it. Coming with the full notification suite.

Qlynic · Patient Notifications · Live feed
Sending
Reschedule responses
0 of 5 rescheduled
14-Day Coverage View

14 days.
Total visibility.

You can't manage what you can't see. The heatmap shows every doctor's availability across the next two weeks — which days are blocked, which are at full capacity, and which days are still open. Before a conflict becomes a problem.

Qlynic · 14-Day Clinic Coverage · Live
May 8 – May 21
Full blackout
Partial blackout
High booking load
Available
Today
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Blackout days visible before they arrive

You see the blocked days before your patients attempt to book them. The heatmap updates the moment a blackout is created — no page refresh, no manual check.

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Appointments tracked across the 14-day window

Every confirmed booking is reflected in the heat intensity. High-load days turn blue — a signal to the admin before they add more, not after a double-booking.

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Conflicts caught before they reach a patient

The grid shows you the collision before it happens — a red cell on a heavily booked week means a conversation that happens in your office, not in a patient complaint.