IHE Eye Care (EYECARE) Technical Framework Supplement – Eye Care Appointment Scheduling (ECAS)

The ECAS Profile specifies the creation of an eye care appointment scheduling information exchange between a master appointment schedule and a healthcare provider. It includes the Eye Care Appointment Request, which contains all of the required data needed to request a patient appointment, and the Eye Care Appointment Response, which contains all of the required data to confirm the appointment or notify the requester that the appointment could not be set as requested.

This supplement to the IHE Eye Care Technical Framework v3.7 adds one new profile and two new actors to the existing IHE Eye Care Technical Framework: the Eye Care Appointment Scheduling (ECAS) Profile, the Appointment Scheduler, and the Appointment Requester.

Main sections:

· Integration profiles

· Actors/Transactions

· Integration profile options

· Process flow

· Security considerations

· Appointment request transaction: scope, use case roles, referenced standard, interaction diagram

· Appointment notification transaction: scope, use case roles, referenced standard, interaction diagram

· Schedule query: scope, use case roles, referenced standard, interaction diagram