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The work described on this page was completed and released as the Appointment Scheduling Module (1.0 release in 2014).

 

Appointment Module

Background

Although many clinics in developing countries have traditionally seen patients on a first-come first-served basis, the ability to schedule patients for future visits is becoming increasingly important. The motivators for this include respecting patients' schedules, varying provider schedules, improved continuity of care, and more. Currently this feature set does not exist in the core of OpenMRS and existing modules are not sufficient or still supported. 

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