Get Out of (Re)Publishing your On Call Calendar! – Scheduling

amy 08 02, 2018

When was the last time you fielded questions like these: How do I read this Schedule? What do the colored boxes and symbols mean? What part of this is the on-call schedule? Is it the most current one? Can I...

amy 07 16, 2018

Belonging to a group medical practice has many advantages such as one physician not having to manage and regulate the office, the schedule, and the employees. Instead, everyone helps out and shares responsibilities, including on-call duties. The practice can set...

amy 05 29, 2018

Physicians are feeling the squeeze these days: decreasing numbers of available on-call physicians, increasing mergers, on-call compensation issues, and the need to provide 24/7 on-call coverage is taking its toll on physician morale no matter the size of the group....

amy 09 18, 2012

Beyond the rules, day-off limitations, and tally time-frames there is the "wizard behind the curtain", the On-Call Scheduler. We've all tried this: create the perfect on-call schedule that honors ALL the rules, grants ALL Provider requests, while producing fair tallies...

amy 09 04, 2012

How can you guarantee objectivity, fairness, and transparency in your on-call schedules? In the past, paper calendars and excel documents made "gaming" difficult to detect. Auditing was inaccurate and time-consuming since schedules were generally created by hand from scratch each...

amy 08 24, 2012

Using a Training analogy, what does the on-call scheduling journey look like from "newbie" to "seasoned" professional? What does evolving from short-term emergency scheduling to a long-term sustainable process look like? The short-haul: This is where many first-timers start: creating...

amy 04 02, 2012

When was the last time your physician group got together to discuss on-call? Was it to simply decide the Holiday coverage for the year, or did the discussion include several “by the way” comments and decisions? Were the results formally...

amy 05 23, 2011

The Scheduler’s Axiom of “never publish an on-call schedule you would not do yourself”, is even more relevant after recent episodes of Control Tower Operators being disciplined for napping on the job. How does the way you schedule on-call affect...