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May 3, 2022

HosPortal’s powerful roster administrative and workflow functions

How many doctors should a department accredit for on-call cover?

September 20, 2026

In short: Accrediting more doctors for on-call than the hospital needs is not a free option: large on-call rosters raise administration costs and change the behaviour of the doctors on them, with a small group ending up carrying the roster. This post argues for keeping the accredited group close to the number of doctors who […]

Cloud versus on-premise hospital rostering: what changes for IT and clinicians

September 20, 2026

In short: Cloud-based, multi-tenant rostering keeps every department’s rosters, staff and rules in one place, so conflicts between departments are visible while rosters are being built rather than after publication, and access is controlled per person rather than per database. This post explains the difference from department-by-department installations and what it means for hospital IT. […]

How to introduce self-rostering in a hospital department

September 20, 2026

In short: Introducing self-rostering takes about four months of preparation: clean up the accreditation list, agree exemptions, decide the activity measure behind quotas, set the rules, then open the window. This post lays out that timeline month by month. It was written in 2017 for private-hospital on-call rosters and the sequence has held up for […]

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