Proximity-based patient check-in computing system

A method performed by a server electronic health records application (server EHR) executing on a server computing device, the method comprising:

• scheduling a healthcare appointment for a patient at a healthcare facility for a datetime;
• prior to the datetime, receiving a first message originating from a patient computing device of the patient, wherein the first message comprises:
• a first location of the patient obtained from a geolocation receiver of the patient computing device;
• and
• patient information for the patient that is to be used during the healthcare appointment;
• responsive to receiving the first message, storing the patient information in a cache accessible to the server EHR while refraining from storing the patient information in a database of the server EHR;
• placing a placeholder for the patient in a computer-implemented queue comprising placeholders for healthcare appointments at the healthcare facility, wherein an ordering of the placeholders in the queue is indicative of an order in which the healthcare appointments are to occur at the healthcare facility, wherein a position of the placeholder in the queue is based upon the datetime for the healthcare appointment and a distance between the location of the patient and a location of the healthcare facility;
• causing a visual representation of the queue to be displayed at the patient computing device, where the visual representation of the queue is indicative of:
• 1) patients having the placeholders for the healthcare appointments at the healthcare facility in the queue;
• 2) the order in which the healthcare appointments of the patients in the queue are to occur;
• and 3) identifies distances of the patients in the queue from the healthcare facility;
• responsive to receiving a second message indicating that the patient has arrived at the healthcare facility based upon a second location of the patient obtained from the geolocation receiver of the patient computing device, transferring the patient information from the cache into the database of the server EHR such that the patient information is stored in the data store;
• removing the placeholder for the patient from the queue;
• and
• purging the cache of the patient information.

A computer-readable storage medium comprising an electronic prescription module of an electronic health records application that, when executed by a processor of a server computing device, perform acts comprising:

• scheduling a healthcare appointment for a patient at a healthcare facility for a datetime, wherein a medication is to be prescribed to the patient during the healthcare appointment;
• prior to the datetime, receiving a first message originating from a patient computing device of the patient, wherein the first message comprises:
• a first location of the patient obtained from a geolocation receiver of the patient computing device;
• and
• patient information for the patient that is to be used during the healthcare appointment;
• responsive to receiving the first message, storing the patient information in a cache accessible to the server EHR while refraining from storing the patient information in a database of the server EHR;
• placing a placeholder for the patient in a computer-implemented queue comprising placeholders for healthcare appointments at the healthcare facility, wherein an ordering of the placeholders in the queue is indicative of an order in which the healthcare appointments are to occur at the healthcare facility, wherein a position of the placeholder in the queue is based upon the datetime for the healthcare appointment and a distance between the location of the patient and a location of the healthcare facility;
• causing a visual representation of the queue to be displayed at the patient computing device, where the visual representation of the queue is indicative of:
• 1) patients having the placeholders for the healthcare appointments at the healthcare facility in the queue;
• 2) the order in which the healthcare appointments of the patients in the queue are to occur;
• or 3) distances of the patients in the queue from the healthcare facility;
• and
• responsive to receiving a second message indicating that the patient has arrived at the healthcare facility based upon a second location of the patient obtained from the geolocation receiver of the patient computing device, transferring the patient information from the cache into a data store accessible to the electronic prescription module, wherein the electronic prescription module utilizes the patient information in generating the electronic prescription for the patient.