Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed web interface - appointments scheduling

[Jim Busser]

On 2010-03-13, at 5:55 AM, Sebastian Hilbert wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Do you miss a patient appointment scheduling solution in GNUmed ? Well we 
> have 
> an interface with konsolekalendar. It is optional an many a few people have 
> complained that it depends on KDE.
> 
> Well here is your chance. In the world of FOSS have a look at the available 
> solutions. openEMR (GPL license as well) seems to have one and I am sure 
> there 
> are others. Simply look at their code and with a bit of luck you can make it 
> part of the GNUmed webinterface.

It might be nice to have a sense of what it is that distinguishes one 
appointment system from another.

In case it would be helpful, I described what I figured out about the Oscar 
approach at

        http://wiki.gnumed.de/bin/view/Oscar/SchedulingInOscar

I have also heard about an approach to booking called "advance access" which is 
supposed to assist to manage clinician's time in a way that keeps time 
available for urgent patients. I think it better manages those patients whose 
return needs are predictable.