We at HosPortal like it when things just work in our daily challenge of managing the data associated with thousands of users, hundreds of rosters and dozens of hospitals. But our business is not populated by saints. So, as this P.J. O’Rouke quote would imply, we strive to keep our workplace data clean, and we implore all […]
This is the second in a series of reports looking at data available to hospitals and roster administrators who are using HosPortal.There is a common perception in the private hospital community that some people love to be on call, and others hate it. But how prevalent is this?The data here shows that on-call rosters are […]
At HosPortal we are all pretty analytical and love a bit of data. Actually, we prefer a lot of data that we can crunch to come to some interesting conclusions…and ideally some useful ones, too. Over the next few posts we have used the reporting and export functions available to any hospital to look at various aspects […]
A common part of HosPortal’s sales discussion involves how to justify the benefits of improved rostering to the hospital bean-counters. The summary is that HosPortal can save you a lot, but the more complete answer is that it depends on your own hospital environment, and what you value in addition to time savings.Being the analytical […]
Once you have set the roster start date (see earlier post), you need to prepare properly: rushing a self-roster process results in bad roster outcomes and unhappy administrators and doctors.You should start your planning a few months before the first shift is scheduled to commence. The timeline that seems to work best for our customers […]
One of the questions we get asked quite often is “What happens to my shift quota when I give my shift to another doctor?”The simple answer is that you keep the quota, but you can now elect to give it away.To explain: in many hospitals, on-call shifts are selected by users using a quota system. […]
The team at HosPortal often reflects on good design. Recent discussion includes why, after about 5,000 years of design refinement across the globe, you can still buy teapots that drip when you pour them.But of all topics, nothing gets us more passionate than seeing both good and bad software design. We do not always get […]
If you are a private hospital and considering your next self-roster process, or a public hospital and have on-call shifts that would be easier to do through self-roster, then we at HosPortal have some good insight on best practices. We will post some of these over the coming weeks.For this post, we will focus on […]
Did you know there are many things you can do within your profile settings that can make your life easier and more productive? All with a few clicks of the mouse.By clicking on your own name at the right of the menu bar, you get the wonderful profile menu that looks a bit like the […]
HosPortal has a distinctive insight into the various ways in which hospitals manage their rostering. The approach – and the level of cooperation from the participating doctors – is the result of a combination of factors distinctive to each hospital environment.We have seen various influences on the way on-call rostering is done in those hospitals:Tradition – […]