Emergency medicine scheduling software comes in all shapes and sizes, with some systems boasting more features than others. If you are searching for new physician scheduling software, look for features that can bring real benefits to your emergency department and the physicians working there.
Top 6 Features Your Emergency Medicine Scheduling Software Should Have
1. Powerful customizer and scheduler
Managing physician shifts in the high-demand 24/7 environment of the ED requires powerful software that is simple to use and easily customizable to your needs. The best scheduling software simplifies schedule creation and management, generates accurate payroll information, and automates every aspect of your scheduling. Once configured, you should be able to create a schedule at the push of a button.
2. Flexible schedules that offer every variety of day types you’ll ever need
When it comes to emergency medicine scheduling software, flexibility is essential. A flexible system can help reduce physician burnout indirectly by giving doctors control over their schedule, for example, and easing perceived job stress. These systems can also improve efficiency in the ED and enhance operations in this all-too-busy department.
The most effective physician scheduling platforms offer a variety of day types that enable users to define shifts and weekends, and offer 1-month, multi-week, or 1- to 15-week schedules. Superior scheduling software allows the use of shift abbreviations to make schedules easier on the eyes.
Exceptional emergency medicine scheduling programs put clinicians in charge of requests for shift on/off and future time off, online shift requests, and the ability to split, trade, or give away shifts.
3. Shift relationships and shift classifications
Scheduling software should offer robust provider cycle scheduling that organizes and manages physician availability and work hours. It should also help providers avoid consecutive shifts through automated shift relationships and tracking relationships between same- and consecutive-day shifts.
Superior emergency medicine scheduling software allows physicians to classify shifts according to their preferences.
4. Multi-location schedules
Managing physician schedules in a single location can be complex, but it can be especially challenging across multiple locations. Staff allocation, mixed skills, regulatory compliance, and patient access can all throw a wrench into multi-location schedules.
Exceptional software allows for coordinated and simultaneous schedules across all locations. The best systems also offer customizable summary statistics, printable schedules that actually look like calendars, payroll support, and more.
5. Online and mobile schedules that are always live and up-to-date
To be effective, scheduling software should allow physicians to access their personalized schedule online, from anywhere and at any time. To help doctors arrive on time, the software should also send reminders through email and text messaging and notify clinicians about changes in their schedule.
Software that synchronizes calendars across various devices can help clinicians check their schedules from their phones, tablets, and home computers is the ultimate in convenience.
6. Sharing of information, documents, and messages
The sharing of information in a secure system is the hallmark of shift scheduling. Scheduling software should allow for the sharing of information through a secure document depository that supports communication between doctors and administration. Being able to publish memos and comments helps all parties share information.
ByteBloc constantly enhances our emergency department shift scheduling system to make it easier to schedule ED doctors, improve efficiency, and reduce burnout. We continually add new features to make our scheduling software easier, more powerful, and highly viewable.
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