Background: Efficient appointment management is crucial in daycare units for eating disorders, where multidisciplinary teams coordinate various therapeutic sessions.
Objectives: Establishing FHIR appointment management enhances scheduling efficiency, ensuring seamless communication between healthcare providers while enabling real-time updates for rescheduling and cancellations.
Methods: By integrating FHIR appointment management in a digital health solution, the system supports comprehensive tracking of a client's treatment journey and allows for real-time scheduling an adapting in daycare for both the care team and the clients.
Results: A mobile phone app and data management system approach was implemented and piloted in a daycare for eating disorders. Additionally, an information system success model survey was conducted to discover further improvement potential.
Conclusion: FHIR appointment management enhances the existing telehealth platform while actively incorporating clients in their therapy and guaranteeing efficient program operation in daycare.
Keywords: Digital health; FHIR; appointment management; eating disorders.