AMSplus Patient Appointment Scheduling (APAS) is an online,
Web browser based, appointment scheduling system. It offers
highly advanced features including quick reference to a provider’s
schedule, easy registration for new and existing patients,
and powerful reports to help manage all necessary functionality.
APAS can be used from any computer with Internet Explorer.
A Web based application provides significant benefits:
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It is faster |
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System upgrades can be made without down time |
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Dictionaries need to be updated in only one place |
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Updates are immediately available to operators |
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Centralized dictionaries (e.g. City and Referring
Physician) |
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Client-specific dictionaries (e.g. Provider, Type
of Visit) |
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Basic and override provider schedules (e.g. Templates) |
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Online patient registration with the ability to enter
only the basic information (for quick registration of
new patients) |
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Quick search for appointments based on provider, location
or visit type |
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Quick “check-in” to verify patient arrived
for the appointment |
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Extensive reporting capabilities |
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Fully linked to patient registration with hooks to
medical billing management software |
The AMS Patient Appointment Scheduling application
was written using state-of-the-art tools including JavaScript
and Intersystems’ Caché. Caché is the
world’s leading database in Healthcare.
APAS is an efficient and powerful scheduler that can easily
be customized to your needs. All scheduling functions are
easy to learn and simple to use
With APAS, all of the programs and data reside on a central
server. When the user requests a web page with database information,
the central server creates the web page and then sends it
to the user.