Queue Management System
To address issues such as disorderly queuing and inefficient waiting times in traditional outpatient departments, the Smart Outpatient Queue Management System leverages IoT and big data technologies. It interfaces with hospital HIS/LIS systems to achieve centralised management of appointment slots.
Solution Overview

To address the issues of disorderly queuing and inefficient waiting times in traditional outpatient departments, the Smart Outpatient Queue Management System leverages IoT and big data technologies. It interfaces with hospital HIS/LIS systems to centrally manage appointment slots.

Patient-facing terminal (appointment booking, queue status checking), consultation room terminal (one-touch patient call, information retrieval), management terminal (queue monitoring, optimal resource allocation). This reduces unnecessary waiting and minimises crowding risks, provides decision-making support for hospitals, and enhances outpatient efficiency alongside patient and clinician experience.


Solution Features
  • Integrated Appointment and Queue Management System
    Patients may book appointments via multiple channels including official accounts and mobile applications, collect their queue number on-site or online, with automatic integration into the hospital's HIS system eliminating the need for duplicate registration.
  • Real-time Appointment Progress Inquiry
    Patients may view their current position in the queue, the number of people ahead of them, and the estimated waiting time at any time, thereby reducing anxiety while waiting.
  • Convenient Call-Up System for Doctor's Consultation Rooms
    Clinicians may initiate patient call-outs with a single button press from their consultation rooms, enabling retrieval of patient details alongside the ability to skip or reorder appointments.
  • Overdue Smart Handling
    The system automatically identifies patients who have missed their turn and directs them to the triage desk for re-registration, ensuring they are reinserted into the queue at the appropriate position to prevent disorder.
  • Multi-terminal queue notification
    Appointment call-out information is synchronously delivered via SMS, official account notifications, and consultation room display screens to prevent patients from missing their appointments.
  • Real-time monitoring of operational data
    The management console enables real-time monitoring of queue lengths and consultation efficiency across all consultation rooms, generating statistical reports to assist in optimising resource allocation.
  • Mobile booking
    Patients may select departments and book appointments with doctors via the hospital's app or official account. Information is synchronised with the system, enabling direct registration upon arrival without the need for queuing on-site.
  • Self-service registration in the outpatient lobby
    Patients operate the self-service kiosk to select their department and doctor, complete payment, print their appointment slip, and swiftly establish their medical records.
  • Manual registration at the nurses' station
    For special groups such as elderly patients, nurses assist with entering personal details, selecting departments and doctors, and after completing registration, guide them to the waiting area.
  • Call-Number Waiting Area
    The main hall display screens show real-time consultation call-up information for each examination room. Patients receive mobile notifications to track their waiting progress and queue in an orderly manner.
  • Consultation Room Door Terminal
    The display at the consultation room entrance shows the details of the current patient and the next person in the queue, providing clear guidance to prevent missed or incorrect appointments.
  • Doctor's consulting room
    Doctors can call patients by name with a single click via the consultation room software, view patient records, and support missed appointment marking and re-calling, thereby enhancing consultation efficiency.
Medical Consultation Process
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  • The patient came to the hospital
    Patients registering and paying fees at the hospital
  • Report to the nurses' station
    You may check in using the self-service kiosk or ask a nurse for assistance with registration.
  • Clinic visit
    Doctor's Call System Consultation Room Door Display
  • Payment
    Patients proceed to the payment screen at the counter to make their payment.
  • Queue for inspection
    Laboratory Test Waiting Area Display Screen / Examination Room Entrance Display Screen
  • Queueing for medication/Discharging from hospital
    You may only leave the premises after collecting your medication from the pharmacy's integrated display screen.
Advantages of the Information Release System Solution
Enhancing the patient waiting experience
Enhancing hospital operational efficiency
Streamline the doctor consultation process
Data-driven precision management
Highly compatible with existing systems
Reduce the risk of on-site gatherings
Enhancing the patient waiting experience
  • Enhancing the Patient Waiting Experience

    Addressing the issues of chaotic queuing and lack of transparency in traditional outpatient settings, patients can now track their waiting progress and receive appointment call notifications via mobile devices. This reduces unnecessary waiting time, prevents missed or misdiagnosed appointments, and significantly improves overall satisfaction with healthcare services.

Enhancing hospital operational efficiency
  • Enhancing Hospital Operational Efficiency

    The management platform provides real-time monitoring of data such as consultation room queues and patient consultation durations. This facilitates optimisation of consultation room allocation and doctor scheduling, minimising resource underutilisation and wastage, thereby ensuring smoother and more orderly outpatient processes.

Streamline the doctor consultation process
  • Streamlining the Doctor Consultation Process

    Doctors no longer need to manually manage queues. Through the consultation room software, they can call patients by number with a single click, retrieve patient information, and efficiently handle missed appointments. This allows them to focus on clinical work, effectively increasing the number of patients seen per unit of time.

Data-driven precision management
  • Data-Driven Precision Management

    The system automatically aggregates data such as waiting times and departmental consultation volumes, generating multi-dimensional statistical reports. This provides objective evidence for hospitals to adjust appointment allocation and optimise consultation schedules, thereby supporting management decision-making.

Highly compatible with existing systems
  • Highly compatible with existing systems

    Seamlessly integrates with existing hospital information systems such as HIS and LIS, eliminating the need for extensive hardware or software modifications. This reduces implementation costs and complexity while ensuring smooth data flow across all systems.

Reduce the risk of on-site gatherings
  • Reducing the risk of on-site gatherings

    Patients are advised to attend appointments in staggered time slots based on call-up notifications and waiting progress, thereby avoiding crowding in the waiting area. This approach minimises congregations, maintains orderly outpatient services, and complies with routine epidemic prevention requirements.