Can Technology Really Help Solve the Hospital Worker Shortage?

will-oconnor 09 14, 2022

Hospital worker shortages have drastically changed how hospitals operate and handle their resources. Without an adequate number of care team members and other essential hospital personnel, existing care providers work harder and faster in an increasingly chaotic environment. Without the...

ricardo-estrada 07 27, 2022

Ask any practice administrator how they feel about their clinic’s physician scheduling process. They might grimace as hours spent in spreadsheets, archaic systems, multiple channels for change requests, and frequent miscommunications come to mind. Manual methods for managing physician schedules...

peggydenness 03 16, 2022

Recently, Will O’Connor, M.D. sat down with Dr. Shafiq Rab to talk about how Tufts Medicine, formerly Wellforce, Inc., is using TigerConnect Clinical Collaboration solutions to connect physicians, nurses, and patients for greater efficiency and care delivery. As Chief Digital...

justin-wampach 03 10, 2022

If you are a Residency Director or an incoming Chief Resident you’ve likely heard horror stories about the process of creating block schedules and then aligning your residents into appropriate rotations to ensure all of their program requirements are met....

justin-wampach 02 23, 2022

Now more than ever, physician groups and ambulatory centers are looking for opportunities to increase organizational efficiency and reduce staff burnout. For organizations still relying on manual methods to create on-call schedule rosters, the introduction of automated physician scheduling software...

justin-wampach 10 25, 2021

Many hospitals in the U.S. are still relying on antiquated physician on-call scheduling processes. This can often take the form of a whiteboard or even a large binder, held together with duct tape and re-built nearly every few days as...

tigertextadmin 09 24, 2021

Whether you are a large healthcare organization or a single-site urgent care clinic, you can benefit from more time back in your day. Before you develop physician schedules for next year, discover how you can simplify the process with an...

justin-wampach 07 02, 2021

What is physician scheduling software? Physician work-life balance and effective physician call scheduling can both be accomplished by one tool: physician scheduling software. Health systems used to make a weekly or monthly schedule by hand, meaning an employee had to...

will-oconnor 05 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic created chaos in emergency departments (EDs) across the United States in early 2020. Despite a relaxation of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) guidelines, which require stabilization and treatments for anyone arriving at a dedicated ED,...

justin-wampach 04 02, 2021

Effective physician scheduling can be difficult and time-consuming. A surge in patients along with limited staff makes adequate and timely on-call scheduling even more challenging. At the same time, it’s important to evenly distribute hours — one physician can’t be...