Appointment Management

Information

See: Core FHIR Resources Appointment, Schedule, Slot

Todo: Oridashi Profiles for Appointment, Schedule and Slot

Available Slots

• Schedules (Appointment Book) can be retrieved from FHIR interface (FHIR Schedule)
• Each FHIR Schedule is for a provider (FHIR Practitioner); there may be multiple sessions per day
• A FHIR extension defines the nominal slot period length for each Schedule
• Free/Busy slots are available (FHIR Slot)

Appointments Requiring Action

Search for requested/cancelled appointments on the server; include all the participants

GET [base]/Appointment?status=pending&location.identifier=<siteid>&_include=Appointment:actor

e.g.

http://fhir3.healthintersections.com.au/open/Appointment?status=pending&location.identifier=2E421477117F949B63F565953EE12E6E&_include=Appointment:actor&_format=json

Server provides a list of appointments that are requested

Appointment
 status = pending
 start
 end
 slot - optional reference 
 participant [0]
   type = PPRF 
   actor is Practitioner 
   required = required
   status = needs-action
 participant [1]
   type = null
   actor is Patient
   required = required
   status = accepted
 participant [2] 
   type = null
   actor is HealthcareService
     providedBy = (reference to organization)
     serviceCategory = (appointments calendar)
     required = required
     status = needs-action

Appointment Accept/Reject

Clinic will update appointment to accept or reject it

PUT [base]/Appointment/<id>

Structure is like:

Appointment
  participant[0]
    status = accepted | declined
  participant[2]
    status = accepted | declined