HMS Patient Scheduling is an integrated scheduling solution for facilities to use to collect necessary patient information and then quickly and easily schedule the patient to the appropriate resource, whether room or clinician, providing conflict checking, pre-requisite warnings, blocking information and associated questions and/or text to facilitate the appointment-making process. Functions such as Charge Entry and Case Management are also built into HMS� Patient Scheduling solution.

A corollary to Patient Scheduling, Outreach Scheduling provides a quick calendar look at appointments. Created for use by the end user, Outreach Scheduling provides a very user-friendly point-and-click format that takes you right to the calendar view. Also, Outreach Scheduling provides the browser-based look, feel and functionality that is inherent to its Java programming. Patient Scheduling is a pre-requisite.

An extension of Patient Scheduling, OR Management is a solution that tracks a patient from the initial phone call to the pre-op appointment and through surgery, discharge and follow-up appointments. Includes resource scheduling, supplies and charging. Patient Scheduling is a pre-requisite.

Features & Benefits
HMS� Patient Scheduling can eliminate manual paper schedule entry, help in staff scheduling by being able to see patient appointment volume, determine staff productivity, ensure correct charge capture and more.

Key features

• First available appointment: Quickly find an available open time for an appointment, specifying what days of the week, what times of the day, what service, etc.
• Procedural Scheduling: For procedures that require multiple resources, or involve multiple departments, quickly find and schedule the components for times that minimize the patient's time spent at the hospital.
• Sequential Scheduling: For scheduling multiple appointments for the same patient, quickly find and schedule appointment times that minimize the patient's time spent at the hospital.
• Case Management: Enter authorization for recurring appointments and the system will track how many authorized appointments remain. On-screen notification of authorized visits versus visits remaining and reports that indicate which patients are reaching the threshold for requiring more authorization will prevent unauthorized visits from being scheduled.