Patient Follow Up Schedule

This project was the first coding assignment of the "Launching into Computer Science Course". The idea of this application is to help dentists put their patients on a regular follow-up schedule according to each patient’s need. For example, some patients may need regular six months follow-ups to be scheduled, others may need shorter or longer follow-ups. On the other hand, some patients may prefer to call and schedule as needed, so won’t be placed on a regular follow-up schedule. Once a patient is placed on the follow-up schedule, the application will calculate the next follow-up date according to the follow-up frequency chosen and the last visit date. Each time the patient attends their follow-up visit, they can be checked out and returned to the follow-up schedule with the next follow-up date being calculated automatically.

The design is the first step of any software application. One of helpful tools that is use in the design stage is data flow charts. The following is the data flow chart that was used at the design stage of the Patient Follow Up Schedule application.