Scheduling Overview¶

Overview¶

The VitalBridge Scheduling System is responsible for determining when providers are available to accept appointments.

The scheduling engine combines multiple sources of scheduling information to calculate a provider's effective availability.

These sources include:

Weekly Availability Templates
Schedule Overrides
Leave Requests
Appointment Blocks

The resulting effective availability is used by the Appointment Service when generating appointment slots.

Scheduling Architecture¶

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    TEMPLATE["Weekly Availability"]

    OVERRIDE["Schedule Overrides"]

    LEAVE["Leave Requests"]

    BLOCKS["Appointment Blocks"]

    EFFECTIVE["Effective Availability"]

    TEMPLATE --> EFFECTIVE

    OVERRIDE --> EFFECTIVE

    LEAVE --> EFFECTIVE

    BLOCKS --> EFFECTIVE

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Scheduling Components¶

Weekly Availability¶

Defines recurring provider availability.

Example:

Monday: 09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday: 09:00 - 17:00

Schedule Overrides¶

Temporary modifications to recurring availability.

Examples:

Working an extra Saturday
Extending clinic hours
Shortening clinic hours

Leave Management¶

Represents periods when a provider is unavailable.

Examples:

Vacation
Sick Leave
Conference Attendance

Appointment Blocking¶

Represents time reserved by confirmed appointments.

Blocked time cannot be booked again.

Effective Availability¶

The scheduling engine combines all scheduling inputs to calculate actual bookable availability.

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    INPUTS["Schedule Inputs"]

    ENGINE["Scheduling Engine"]

    OUTPUT["Bookable Availability"]

    INPUTS --> ENGINE

    ENGINE --> OUTPUT

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