enhancements

Teaser for new features

March 12, 2021

We have mentioned before some of the new features that will be available when we launch our rebuilt healthcare roster software later this year. They are all pretty exciting, especially for the people in the team like this author who gets to play with them without having to write the software code!Some of the features […]

Happy Christmas – with presents for all

January 4, 2021

As a final wrap-up for 2020, we thought we’d describe some of the many enhancements made to our great healthcare rostering software in the last 12-18 months. Think of these as our present to all our customers: Considerable enhancement to our self-rostering tools ‘preference’ rostering, where HosPortal will collate preferences from users and build a […]

What’s the big deal with QR codes?

November 16, 2020

With Covid-19 we are all more familiar with QR codes: every time we go to a cafe or enter a shop you can register your attendance by a 10-second scan of the QR code and entering your details.You may not be surprised to know that HosPortal healthcare scheduling software was there first with an even […]

Preview of new features

October 23, 2020

Over the coming weeks we will start to share previews of our new medical rostering software. HosPortal is being completely re-written from the ground up, starting with a new architecture and a new software code base. We are trying to capture all the lessons we have learned from over 15 years of rostering doctors in […]

Kitchen appliances and good software design

October 2, 2020

Here at HosPortal we are well into the final stages of our completely rebuilt medical rostering software. It will still be familiar to existing user, but will also have powerful new features. When we selected and designed these features we have been very conscious of usability and incorporating features that our users will value. It […]

New security enhancements: password complexity and multi-factor authentication

September 15, 2020

There has been an interesting debate between HosPortal healthcare scheduling software and customers recently about the merits of various security enhancements and privacy controls. We are aware that many of our customers want their data stored in Australia. This has been available for an additional fee (due to costs related to some of the aspects […]

New features to manage complex call rosters

July 22, 2020

In a recent blogpost we noted that we had built some custom features for an existing customer, who is even more satisfied now than they were before we met their additional needs.The genesis of the features was to allow users to amend their own shift times, for instance to record overtime, and attach an overtime […]

Responding to customer needs – custom software enhancements

July 14, 2020

We have just had an omnibus feature release thanks to a request from one of our great customers. This customer has been extremely satisfied with HosPortal’s rostering software and staff allocation tools for a year or so, but wanted some additional features to be able to track and report on non-rostered overtime for trainee doctors. […]

HosPortal grows again – welcome Peter

June 30, 2020

HosPortal has been deep in the bunkers for a couple of years now with a major (and we mean MAJOR) upgrade to our rostering software. A complete ground-up rebuild that will bring the latest modern architecture, functionality and flexibility to every user’s experience. More news on the release of the new software in the coming […]

More new features – SMS for call swaps and changes

April 30, 2020

If you want to use its full power, HosPortal allows users to make swaps and changes between themselves without the need for any administrator intervention or approval. Over many years this has proved to be safe and reliable. Partly because there is a robust audit and notification trail. This comprises: A real-time email sent to […]

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