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 […]

Self-roster rush

October 30, 2020

We are in the middle of the annual self-roster rush, when private hospitals get ready for filling the shifts in their rosters for the coming year. As usual there are debates about how to calculate and allocate fair quotas and what is reasonable timing. Any time there are even minor changes suggested – by us, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Setting up ad hoc rosters and the ‘volunteer’ function

March 30, 2020

We have had a number of queries recently from customers seeking to set up short-term medical rosters for their doctors: create, populate and manage rosters that are just for COVID-19 or peripheral activities. These are less structured than would be appropriate for self-rostering.A feature in HosPortal healthcare scheduling software that might be particularly useful is […]

More suggestions on using HosPortal products and services during COVID-19

March 29, 2020

HosPortal healthcare scheduling software has worked recently with some customers and their doctors to assist with their COVID-19 responses. These have involved both our class-leading medical rostering software and our medical-grade survey tool. Please get in touch if you or your facility need assistance with any of the following: setting up new rosters tracking volunteers for on-call […]

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