HEALTHCARE

DFD Level 1: Hospital Appointment Scheduling

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UPDATED 2026-06-27
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CASE ANALYSIS

Scenario

A hospital needs a system to allow patients to schedule appointments with doctors. The DFD Level 1 models the data flows between patients, scheduling staff, doctor schedules, and appointment records.

Key decisions

  • Whether to check doctor availability in real time or via a batch process
  • How to handle overlapping appointments
  • Balancing load among doctors

When to reuse this

When you need to represent the high-level data flows in a patient scheduling system, showing interactions between external entities and data stores.

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