This functionality was included in the release on 28 February 2022.
What's the context?
The Scheduling feature in Meddbase is used by a wide variety of users in a range of different contexts.
For example, by administrative users to book appointments, to set up Clinician sessions or view existing schedules. It's also used by Clinicians to view their own calendar and access appointments.
We have reviewed and refreshed the design of the Scheduling feature to provide you with improvements to the user experience. This gives a cleaner and sharper feel with a look that is more closely aligned to the palette of colours used through the application.
The design change is planned to be included in the February 28th release.
What is the purpose of the article?
To help illustrate the changes in the design, this article contrasts the pre-existing style and the 'new' style in the different areas of the application. Namely:
- The Personal Schedule on the Start page
- The Calendar
- The Side by Side Schedule for Clinicians
- The Site Schedule for a Clinician
Personal Schedule on the Start page
The design of the Personal Schedule that appears on the home page has been refreshed. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
The left-hand side shows the pre-existing design, the right-hand side shows the refreshed design. The annotations point to specific changes and are explained in the table below.
| No. | Explanation of the change in the new design |
| 1 | The background colour for the vertical block showing the hours is now white. |
| 2 | The left-hand edge of each booked slot has a colour aligned to that for the appointment according to its state (e.g. red for a DNA, green for being seen) but with a darker shade. |
| 3 | The vertical border between the hours and the schedule slots is now a pale grey. |
| 4 | The horizontal dividers between time slots is now a pale grey. |
| 5 | The background colour of the available slots is now white. |
| 6 | The background of booked appointments where the patient has 'not yet arrived' is pale orange. |
| 7 | The background colour of unavailable (out of hours) slots is a pale grey. |
The Calendar
The design of the Calendar has been refreshed. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
The left-hand side shows the pre-existing design, the right-hand side shows the refreshed design. The annotations point to specific changes and are explained in the table below.
| No. | Explanation of the change in the new design |
| 1 | The background colour for the vertical block showing the hours is now white. |
| 2 | The left-hand edge of each booked slot has a colour aligned to that for the appointment according to its state (e.g. red for a DNA, green for being seen) but with a darker shade. |
| 3 | The vertical border between the hours and the schedule slots is now a pale grey. |
| 4 | The horizontal dividers between time slots is now a pale grey. |
| 5 | The background colour of the available slots is now white. |
| 6 | The background of booked appointments where the patient has 'not yet arrived' is pale orange. |
| 7 | The background colour of unavailable (out of hours) slots is a pale grey. |
Side by Side Schedules
The design of the Side by Side Schedules (also known as Clinician Schedules) has been refreshed. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
The left-hand side shows the pre-existing design, the right-hand side shows the refreshed design. The annotations point to specific changes and are explained in the table below.
| No. | Explanation of the change in the new design |
| 1 | The background colour for the vertical block showing the hours is now white. |
| 2 | The left-hand edge of each booked slot has a colour aligned to that for the appointment according to its state (e.g. red for a DNA, green for being seen) but with a darker shade. |
| 3 | The vertical border between the hours and the schedule slots is now a pale grey. |
| 4 | The horizontal dividers between time slots is now a pale grey. |
| 5 | The background colour of the available slots is now white. |
| 6 | The background of booked appointments where the patient has 'not yet arrived' is pale orange. |
| 7 | The background colour of unavailable slots is a very pale grey. |
Site Schedules
The design of Site Schedules has been refreshed. This can be seen in the screenshot below.
The left-hand side shows the pre-existing design, the right-hand side shows the refreshed design. The annotations point to specific changes and are explained in the table below.
| No. | Explanation of the change in the new design |
| 1 | The background colour for the vertical block showing the hours is now white. |
| 2 | The left-hand edge of each session is a medium orange. |
| 3 | The background colour of each session is a pale orange |
| 4 | The vertical border between days in the schedule where is session is available to added is now a pale grey. |
| 5 | The background colour of the available slots is now white. |
| 6 | The horizontal dividers between time slots is now a pale grey. |
Want to see more...?
To give you an idea of how it looks, the short video below shows you the different scheduling features navigating through:
- Personal Schedule
- Calendar
- Side by Side Schedule (a.k.a Clinician Schedules)
- Site Schedule
Review date
This article was last updated on 24 January in the context of Meddbase version 1.247.0.36975 (246).