Appointment Scheduling Method and User Interface
AssigneeQuadrat
InventorGeert Machtelinck
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Abstract
An appointment scheduling method and associated user interface wherein the risk of errors is decreased by displaying in different linked screens identification data of the patient and/or resource to which an action to be performed in the scheduling procedure, pertains.
Claims10
An appointment scheduling system wherein in different linked screens on a display device data on a client and/or a resource can be filled-in or selected and displayed and wherein on top of at least one of said screens a window is displayed comprising at least one message on an action pertaining to a client or a resource to be performed with regard to a step of an appointment scheduling procedure and wherein means are provided for confirming said message before a next step of said appointment scheduling procedure can be performed.
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A user interface for an appointment scheduling system, comprising:
- a number of linked screens displayed on a display device in which a user enters and selects data pertaining to a client and/or to resources involved in an appointment scheduling procedure;
- and
- at least one window displayed superposed on at least one of said screens, said window comprising at least one message on an action pertaining to a client or a resource to be performed with regard to a step of an appointment scheduling procedure;
- means for confirming said message by user interaction, said means being arranged so that a next step of an appointment scheduling procedure can only be performed after confirmation.
An appointment scheduling method, comprising:
- displaying a number of linked screens on a display device;
- enabling user entry and selection of data pertaining to a client and/or to resources involved in an appointment scheduling procedure;
- displaying at least one window superposed on at least one of said screens, said window comprising at least one message on an action pertaining to a client or a resource to be performed with regard to a step of an appointment scheduling procedure;
- and
- only allowing a next step of an appointment scheduling procedure to be performed after confirmation of said message by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.