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When you're scheduling for an entire hospital network, emergency departments face a huge number of challenges. You have the intense pressure of this medical specialty on top of either being overcrowded or short staffed. When you're in charge of physician scheduling in the ER department, quality and quantity and other big challenges you face. You need the appropriate physicians at the right time for the treatment of many different ailments. You also have to make sure you are adequately staffed at all times.
Emergency medicine scheduling software provides not just you, the scheduling administrator, but also the providers with a whole list of features and benefits.
Benefits for Scheduling Administrators
Being the scheduling manager for ER physicians of an entire hospital network, you know how hard it can be to create the schedules. You're trying to meet the needs of both your staff and the patients while ensuring all shifts are filled and your schedule is fair. This can be a stressful task.
Thankfully, with emergency room scheduling software, your job is a lot easier. The software not only simplifies your work, but also improves your staff's job satisfaction and emergency department operations.
Just a few benefits include:
24/7 Access
Since the software is cloud-based, you can access it from any location with an internet connection on any device, 24/7 all year round. This allows your doctors to view their schedules no matter where they are so they can see what their shifts are, make time off requests, makeshift swap requests and more. Being the shift scheduling manager, you'll be able to look at all staff changes easily and either deny or approve them.
Coordinated Schedules
Another challenge of your job is that you're creating schedules for doctors working in multiple locations. Coordinating schedules for physicians working in various locations can be hard to coordinate when doing this manually. However, with emergency medicine scheduling software, it takes the hard work out of this job.
Maintains an Up-to-Date Schedule
When adjustments need to be made to the schedule or there are shift swaps, you can keep your staff up-to-date on all changes. This software is consistently updated meaning doctors won't ever have to wonder when they're scheduled or if a request they made has been approved or not. And you won't have to worry about not having enough coverage.
Providers benefit too. When doctors are happy, they're loyal to the hospital. Physician scheduling software improves doctor's work-life balance which helps to improve their job satisfaction. They can make requests online for shifts, vacations or time off. They can access their schedules 24/7 or manage requests, availability or confirm shifts. They can even split or swap shifts online.
As a scheduling manager for an entire hospital network of physicians, you have to ensure that you create a schedule that meets the needs of both your staff and patients. Scheduling software provides a lot of technological benefits to improve the creation of schedules so everyone's needs are met.
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