Appointments and Schedules

"Appointments and Schedules" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The different methods of scheduling patient visits, appointment systems, individual or group appointments, waiting times, waiting lists for hospitals, walk-in clinics, etc.

Descriptor ID	D001071
MeSH Number(s)	N04.452.095
Concept/Terms	Appointments and Schedules Appointments and Schedules Schedules and Appointments Schedules Schedules Schedule Schedules, Patient Schedules, Patient Patient Schedules Patient Schedule Schedule, Patient Appointments Appointments Appointment Patient Appointments Patient Appointments Appointment, Patient Appointments, Patient Patient Appointment

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Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Appointments and Schedules [N04.452.095]

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Appointments and Schedules
Waiting Lists

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Bar chart showing 39 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	1	3
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	1	2
2014	0	2	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	2	1	3
2017	1	1	2
2019	1	1	2
2020	3	4	7
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	2	3
2025	0	1	1

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Hark LA, Gorroochurn P, Pizzi LT, Jutkowitz E, Goulak AM, Maruri SC, Harizman N, Horowitz JD, Park L, Wang Q, Diamond DF, Valenzuela IA, Torres DR, Wang Y, Sharma T, Liebmann JM, Cioffi GA. Patient Navigators Improve In-Office Eye Exam Adherence After Community Eye Screenings in a Randomized Clinical Trial: NYC-SIGHT Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025 06; 274:54-66.

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Ojalvo I, Mehran N, Sharpe J, Zhang Q, Myers JS, Razeghinejad R, Lee D, Kolomeyer NN. Weather Patterns, Patient, and Appointment Characteristics Associated with Cancellations and No-Shows in a Glaucoma Clinic. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2025 10; 32(5):543-552.

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Cox AL, Tsang D, Spacek LA, Daskalakis C, Coppock D. The Impact of Telemedicine on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Related Clinical Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jul; 28(7):2438-2443.

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Spence BS, Lambrechts MJ, Si Z, Leary EV, Gupta SK. Telehealth Visits have Lower Non-attendance than Traditional Orthopaedic Clinic Visits. Mo Med. 2024 Mar-Apr; 121(2):164-169.

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Lee KE, Sussberg JA, Nelson LB, Thuma TBT. The Medicaid Dilemma and Its Profound Effect on the Economic and Workforce Issues in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ultimately on Access to Pediatric Eye Care. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2023 May; 60(3):170-177.

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Siegel N, Lambrechts MJ, Issa TZ, Karamian BA, Wang J, Carter M, Lieb Z, Zaworski C, Dambly J, Canseco JA, Woods B, Kaye D, Rihn J, Kurd M, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. Impact of Heart Disease History on Safety of Telemedicine Cardiac Clearance Appointments. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2022 Dec 01; 30(23):1131-1139.

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Leiby BE, Hegarty SE, Zhan T, Myers JS, Katz LJ, Haller JA, Waisbourd M, Burns C, Divers M, Molineaux J, Henderer J, Brodowski C, Hark LA. A Randomized Trial to Improve Adherence to Follow-up Eye Examinations Among People With Glaucoma. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 05 20; 18:E52.

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Mehran N, Ojalvo I, Myers JS, Razeghinejad R, Lee D, Kolomeyer NN. Surgical Cancellations in Glaucoma Practice: Causes, Delays, and Effect on Patient Care and Revenue. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2021 Jul-Aug; 4(4):427-432.

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Goldman DT, Sharma H, Finkelstein M, Carlon T, Marinelli B, Doshi AH, Delman BN, Lookstein R. The Role of Telemedicine in the Maintenance of IR Outpatient Evaluation and Management Volume During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2021 03; 32(3):479-481.

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Bommakanti NK, Zhou Y, Ehrlich JR, Elam AR, John D, Kamat SS, Kelstrom J, Newman-Casey PA, Shah MM, Weizer JS, Wood SD, Zhang AD, Zhang J, Lee PP, Stein JD. Application of the Sight Outcomes Research Collaborative Ophthalmology Data Repository for Triaging Patients With Glaucoma and Clinic Appointments During Pandemics Such as COVID-19. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2020 09 01; 138(9):974-980.

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