Facilitating patient appointment scheduling

1. A method comprising:

displaying, to a patient via a touchscreen display of a mobile device, an interface of a mobile application which includes a list of providers with whom the patient may schedule an appointment;

receiving, at the mobile device, first user input on the touchscreen display, the first user input corresponding to selection of a provider in the list of providers;

displaying, to the patient via the touchscreen display of the mobile device, a date selection interface which includes a calendar display of days in a month;

(d) receiving, at the mobile device, second user input on the touchscreen display, the second user input corresponding to selection of a day in the month;

determining, in response to the received second user input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, an available appointment time for the day in the month by querying over a network a practice management system which maintains electronic appointment data for the provider;

displaying, in response to the received second user input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, an interface on the touchscreen display, wherein the interface displays the determined available appointment time for the day in the month;

storing, in computer-readable storage of the mobile device, data that indicates that at least one appointment time is available on the day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile device, third user input on the touchscreen display, the third user input corresponding to an indication to search for a second available appointment time on a different day in the month;

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile device, an updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that the at least one appointment time is available on the day in the month, that there is the at least one available appointment time for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have the available appointment time;

receiving, at the mobile device, fourth user input on the touchscreen display, the fourth user input corresponding to selection of a second day in the month;

determining, in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to selection of the second day in the month, that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month by querying over the network the practice management system;

displaying, on the touchscreen display and in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to selection of the second day in the month, an interface indicating that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month;

storing, in the computer-readable storage of the mobile device, second data that indicates that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile device, fifth user input on the touchscreen display, the fifth user input corresponding to an indication to continue searching for the second available appointment time; and

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile device and in response to receiving the fifth user input, a second updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that the at least one appointment time is available on the day in the month, that the at least one available appointment time is available for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have the at least one available appointment time, and to indicate, based on the second data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month, that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have no available appointment times.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises a phone.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises a tablet.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the day in the month is underlined to indicate that the at least one appointment time is available on the day in the month.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the second day is greyed out to indicate that an appointment time is not available on the second day.

6. A mobile computing device that is configured to perform a plurality of acts, the acts comprising:

displaying, to a patient on a touchscreen display of the mobile computing device, an interface of a mobile application which includes a list of providers with whom the patient may schedule an appointment;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, first user input on the touchscreen display, the first user input corresponding to selection of a provider in the list of providers;

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device, a date selection interface which includes a calendar display of days in a month;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, second user input corresponding to selection of a day in the month, wherein a determination is made by querying over a network a practice management system that maintains electronic appointment data for the selected provider that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month in response to the second user input corresponding to the selection of the first one or more days in the month being received;

displaying, in response to the received second user input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, an interface indicating that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month;

storing, in computer-readable storage of the mobile computing device, first data that indicates that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, third user input on the touchscreen display, the third user input corresponding to an indication to continue searching for available appointment times;

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device, an updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the first data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month, that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have no available appointment times;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, fourth user input corresponding to selection of a second day in the month, wherein an available appointment time for the second day in the month is determined by querying over the network the practice management system in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to the selection of the second day in the month;

displaying, in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to selection of the second day in the month, an interface displaying the determined available appointment time for the second day in the month;

storing, in the computer-readable storage of the mobile computing device, second data that indicates that there is at least one available appointment time for the second day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile computing device, fifth user input on the touchscreen display, the fifth user input corresponding to an indication to continue searching for available appointment times; and

responsive to receiving the fifth user input on the touchscreen display, displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile computing device, a second updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the first data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month, that there are no available appointment times for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have no available appointment times, and to indicate, based on the second data stored in the computer-readable storage that indicates that there is the at least one available appointment time for the second day in the month, that there is the at least one available appointment time for the second day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have the at least one available appointment time.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6 wherein the updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the day in the month is greyed out to indicate that no appointment time is available on the day in the month.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 6 being a mobile phone.

9. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , wherein the second updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the day in the month is greyed out to indicate that no appointment time is available on the day in the month.

10. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , wherein the second updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the second day in the month is underlined out to indicate that the at least one appointment time is available on the second day in the month.

11. The mobile computing device of claim 6 , wherein the second updated date selection interface comprises a calendar display in which the day in the month is greyed out to indicate that no appointment time is available on the day in the month, and the second day in the month is underlined to indicate that the at least one appointment time is available on the second day in the month.

12. A mobile telephone having a touchscreen display, wherein the mobile telephone is configured with instructions that, when executed by a processor of the mobile telephone, are configured to cause the mobile telephone to perform acts comprising:

displaying, to a patient on the touchscreen display of the mobile telephone, an interface of a mobile application which includes a list of providers with whom the patient may schedule an appointment;

receiving, at the mobile telephone, first user input on the touchscreen display, the first user input corresponding to selection of a provider in the list of providers;

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile telephone, a date selection interface which includes a calendar display of days in a month;

receiving, at the mobile telephone, second user input on the touchscreen display, the second user input corresponding to selection of a day in the month, wherein an available appointment time for the day in the month is determined by querying over a network a practice management system which maintains electronic appointment data for the selected provider;

displaying, in response to the received second input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, an interface displaying the determined available appointment time for the day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile telephone, third user input on the touchscreen display, the third user input corresponding to an indication to continue searching for available appointment times;

displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile telephone, an updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the determination in response to the received second input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, that there is at least one available appointment time for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have the at least one available appointment time;

receiving, at the mobile telephone, fourth user input on the touchscreen display, the fourth user input corresponding to selection of a second day in the month, wherein a determination is made by querying over the network the practice management system that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month in response to the fourth user input corresponding to the selection of the second day in the month being received;

displaying, in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to selection of the second day in the month, an interface indicating that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month;

receiving, at the mobile telephone, fifth user input, the fifth user input corresponding to an indication to continue searching for available appointment times; and

in response to receiving the fifth user input, displaying, on the touchscreen display of the mobile telephone, a second updated date selection interface which has been updated to indicate, based on the determination in response to the received second input corresponding to selection of the day in the month, that there is the at least one available appointment time for the day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have the at least one available appointment time, and to indicate, based on the determination in response to the received fourth user input corresponding to selection of the second day in the month, that there are no available appointment times for the second day in the month that was previously selected and determined to have no available appointment times.