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 ByteBloc Software, LLC
9952 Grandview Drive
La Mesa, CA 91941

 

Phone:  760.510.9900
Fax:  760.690.4061

 

Email: (Sales)
service@bytebloc.com

Email: (Support)
support@bytebloc.com

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EPSKED Fact Sheet

Here's what EPSKED 5 can do for you:
EPSKED can schedule 255 active providers, each with separate requests for total hours, specific numbers of shifts in up to three categories defined for your own schedule, and other request options shown on the sample display shown below. Templates are used to facilitate data entry. Don't be overwhelmed by the number of options! EPSKED can produce schedules even if all you do is simply enter the names of your providers. The remaining options are either automatically set to standard values or do not need to be used, but are available if required by your schedule.

EPSKED can create schedules with periods of one month or multi-week schedules from one to thirteen weeks in length.

EPSKED can perform simultaneous, coordinated scheduling of more than one site, even if individual providers work at one or more of the sites. Site schedules can be printed separately, or as a location master schedule (showing all sites included as part of one location).

EPSKED can create an essentially unlimited number of independent schedules (such as resident and attending schedules, physician and physician assistant schedules, or separate hospital locations), each schedule allowing the full sixty-four daily shifts and 255 providers. 

EPSKED allows you to print large schedules over several pages, each page containing the number of weeks selected by you.

EPSKED allows you to divide each independent scheduling location into sites;  each site can be printed separately. 

EPSKED can schedule zero to sixty-four shifts each day for each location from a maximum of sixty-four different shifts you define specifically for your schedule. (Please note that if a shift is scheduled with double/triple/quadruple coverage, this shift is counted as two/three/four separate shifts.)

EPSKED automatically generates summary tables for summary categories you define specifically for your schedule. 5.0 can calculate and print detailed summaries of scheduled shifts and hours, holidays, overtime hours, and cumulative totals for periods of one day up to several years. You can specify which shifts should be counted as weekend shifts, allowing accurate weekend summaries.

EPSKED can print, fax, and email global master schedules, site master schedules, personalized master schedules, individual provider schedules, cumulative holiday schedules, and a fill-in form that your providers can use to request days or shifts off.

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System Requirements


EPSKED 5 is designed for use on Microsoft Windows® 2000/XP/Vista/7 systems. Use on the Apple Macintosh requires either a PC emulation program (such as VirtualPC) or an Intel Mac. Both require a Windows operating system installed which otherwise meets EPSKED's requirements.

Installation and execution requirements for EPSKED 5 are easily met by any recent PC. Approximately 25MB of free disk space is required for installation. Approximately 25MB of free RAM is required to run either the EPSKED Scheduler or the EPSKED Customizer.

An SVGA monitor with a minimum 800x600 screen resolution is required.  If this requirement is a problem for your system, it may be possible to set your monitor to a higher resolution. To check and set your screen resolution:

  1. Right mouse click on a blank area of your Windows desktop.

  2. Select Properties from the drop down menu that appears.

  3. Click on the Settings tab

  4. If the Screen area setting tab reads less than 800 by 600, adjust the setting to 800 by 600. (If this option is not available, you cannot run EPSKED.)

Internet access and an Internet Service Provider with Outgoing Mail Server support are required to send email using EPSKED's Email Manager program.

A fax modem with telephone line connection is required to send faxes using EPSKED's Fax Manager program.

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Ordering and Cost Information


EPSKED can be downloaded from the Internet as a free, date-limited version that allows you full access to all functions of the normal program except that it will only produce schedules for a two month period.  For EPSKED 4.0 and 4.1 users, the EPSKED program includes a migration utility that will convert your existing schedules to the updated database format used in EPSKED 5. The complete user's manual is also included in Adobe Acrobat format, or can be downloaded separately. This exceptional offer gives you the opportunity to make sure EPSKED works for you, before committing any money.

EPSKED can be mailed to you on a CD if you are unable to download the program from the Internet. To request the CD, please use the Internet order form (preferred!), email a request to service@bytebloc.com, or contact us by telephone or fax at the numbers listed at the bottom of this page. Sending the program and manual by mail represents a significant cost to us, and we want to be sure it is sent to persons who can really use it. If the trial version is sent to your home address, you must indicate the name and telephone number of the hospital or clinic at which the program will be used.

Important ordering information: There are no separate trial, upgrade, or regular versions of EPSKED 5. Registration to remove the trial date restrictions is system specific and involves us sending you an activation code that is based on a system code that you send to us. The program you are using will stay the same, and will not require a reinstallation. 

Purchase of EPSKED must be done using an order form generated by a copy of EPSKED already installed on your computer. You need to install EPSKED, get it working to your satisfaction as a trial version, then submit the order form (which will include a System ID number). 

To create and submit your EPSKED 5 order after EPSKED is working to your satisfaction: from the scheduling program Main Menu, select the Register...Order dropdown menu option. An EPSKED 5 Registration and Ordering window is displayed. After entering the required information, you will be able to print, email or fax your order to ByteBloc Software. Your system code is contained in the order form. We will return an activation code that will remove all trial date restrictions. You will not have to do a second installation.

Because the activation code used for EPSKED is system specific, ordering and registration of EPSKED cannot be accomplished using an Internet web site or via email. 

Purchase prices for an unrestricted version of EPSKED are based upon the number of shifts/day used in your schedule and are quoted in the Order Form displayed in the Register...Order dropdown menu. Upgrade pricing from previous EPSKED versions is also quoted.

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