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As the scheduling manager for a medical practice that has multiple integrated locations, your job can be a challenge. Ensuring that each location is adequately staffed while ensuring that the needs of the staff you are creating schedules for can be demanding. Fortunately, there is a way to simplify your job, ensure that each location is properly staffed and improve the satisfaction of your staff. Hospital scheduling software can be an invaluable tool.
What is Physician Scheduling Software?
Physician scheduling software is a type of computer software that simplifies the scheduling process. Instead of utilizing antiquated scheduling methods, such as paper and pencil, this software utilizes templates, various tools and the World Wide Web to create schedules. It allows for real-time updates and enables both scheduling managers and staff members to view their schedules, make requests, and swap shifts, for example, from any device that has access to the Internet. In short, this software takes the guesswork and the challenges out of shift scheduling, and makes the scheduling job a whole lot easier.
Advantages of Hospital Scheduling Software Features
The many features that are associated with emergency medicine scheduling software provide a wealth of benefits for scheduling managers, hospital staff, and patients. The features and benefits include:
- Shift scheduling software allows you to create simultaneous schedules that are coordinated across all locations. Thanks to this feature, you don’t have to worry about juggling numerous schedules for different locations. You can easily create schedules for all locations using one easy-to-use application
- You can print schedules that have a calendar appearance, which means that once a schedule is created, you and your staff can easily see who is working and when, ensuring proper coverage for all locations
- Print layouts, fonts, and pages are completely customizable. You can create a schedule that best suits your staff’s needs
- You have easy access to payroll support for categories and rate variations, which simplifies the payroll process
- Schedules, messages and any other pertinent information can easily be shared. Your staff will be able to gain easy access to their schedules and communicate with you and with one another
- Shift scheduling software allows for swap-meet and shift change proposals, which means that you can easily schedule staff at two sites and among multiple cost centers
- This software makes it possible to create work schedules for specific units or departments, for an entire hospital, or for a multi-location integrated delivery network
- You can define work locations for each location. You can also designate work locations for staff that is authorized to work in specific locations. If anyone is assigned to work in an unauthorized station, you will receive an alert and you will be able to make the necessary changes.
Thanks to the advanced features that emergency medicine scheduling software offers, you can ensure that each location is properly staffed, that the needs of your team are met, and that the patients are receiving the care that they require.
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