Mitigating EMTALA Risk During the Pandemic, and Beyond

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...

justin-wampach 09 02, 2020

A 52-year-old male patient presents in your Emergency Department with a chief complaint of chest pains and shortness of breath. The physician orders an EKG. Now she wants the strip reviewed by the Cardiologist on-call. Where do you go to...

amy 09 09, 2012

How can you reward your remarkable on-call scheduler for his (or her) efforts in a way that can also inspire others? Do they even realize what a meaningful impact their position has within the organization? After the industry "baseline rewards"...

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...

justin-wampach 06 17, 2011

There are a lot of good resources regarding EMTALA and on-call. MedLaw Attorney Stephen Frew published an article about "...common practices that will get on-call physicians cited" here are some great excerpts from that article. If an on-call Doctor is...

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...

amy 03 16, 2011

iCal is an Internet Calendar Subscription link that you can use to subscribe to a calendar. Once in place, you can view that calendar in Outlook 2007 and various on-line iCalendars such as Google. iCal links are great for Physicians...

amy 02 23, 2011

The quickest, easiest way to learn new physician scheduling software is working one-to-one with an expert. Your "personal trainer" can guide you to be sure everything is covered and can interactively answer questions unique to your situation. There is no...