Application Of Open EMR As Scheduler For Doctors Using Distributed Electronic Patient Record Concept: The Key Issues In Designing & Managing Patient Appointment

Priti Kalode, Dr Onkar S Kemkar, Dr. P. R. Gundalwar

Appointment scheduling systems are used by primary and specialty care clinics to manage access to service providers, as well as by hospitals to schedule appointments. Many factors affect the performance of appointment systems including arrival and service time variability, patient and provider preferences etc. Appointment scheduling system lies at the intersection of providing efficiency and timely access to health services. This research presents an Distributed Electronic Patient Record (DEPR) Medical Appointment Booking System. The system was developed using Asp.Net and MySql. Further we discuss about the integration of system with OpenEMR.