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Every day brings new, heartbreaking evidence of the ways that COVID-19 is testing the U.S. healthcare delivery system. While frontline healthcare workers are performing heroically under intense pressure, those responsible for healthcare provider scheduling are also feeling the squeeze. It’s essential to provide schedulers with the tools they need to adapt to the rapidly COVID-19 […]
MDsyncNET, the developer of best-in-class cloud-based healthcare communications solutions, has announced the release of version 4.0 of its physician on-call scheduling software. According to MDsyncNET Co-Founder and CEO Brad Goldsmith, “This update combines increased functionality with an intuitive user interface to streamline the physician scheduling process.” Goldsmith says that all of MDsyncNET’s modules have evolved […]
By Reese Jones We’ve covered how obsolete technology can do more harm than good in our infographic, “6 Ways That Scheduling Spreadsheets Are Costing Your Hospital Money,” which goes to show just how important innovations are – especially in the healthcare industry. And while most of the innovations in healthcare have to do with medical […]
Physician burnout is more like a dimmer than an on-off switch. Over time, the stress, fatigue, and overwhelm triggered by issues large and small extinguish drive, passion, and enthusiasm. In 2019, the World Health Organization included burnout in ICD-11, defining it as “…a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been […]
Creating physician schedules using pen-and-paper or spreadsheets were the best available option early in the 21st century. Now that we’re in the Roaring ’20s, it makes sense to reap the benefits of current cloud-based technology. Here are five reasons you should prioritize adopting cloud-based physician on-call schedules. 1. Readily Accessible Disseminating paper-based or spreadsheet schedules […]
If your hospital is utilizing scheduling spreadsheets for physician scheduling, that’s negatively impacting your organization’s bottom line. There are six ways that scheduling spreadsheets are costing your hospital money. First, creating schedules manually decreases patient safety. When patient safety is comprised, the result is lower CMS reimbursements, higher readmission rates, and greater exposure to CMS […]
More than 2,500 hospitals are feeling the heat as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implement penalties for 30-day hospital readmissions. The Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), a component of the Affordable Care Act, tallies unplanned readmissions of Medicare patients for six conditions: Heart attack Chronic lung disease Pneumonia Heart failure Coronary artery […]
If your hospital is ready to automate physician scheduling, then you may need to make the case for adopting the best physician scheduling software. The first step is to identify stakeholders. The stakeholders may include the chief medical officer, chief information officer, chief financial officer, chief nursing officer, as well as physicians, schedulers, and telecommunications. […]
If your hospital is constructing physician schedules using spreadsheets or pen-and-paper (as opposed to physician scheduling software), then inefficiencies are having a negative impact on staff morale, patient safety, and your bottom line. The first sign is growing staff frustration arising out of outdated schedules. It’s a vicious cycle, whereby staff members call the wrong […]
By Julie Morris of juliemorris.org Have you gone from climbing the corporate ladder to wishing you could jump off the top rung? Are you feeling exhausted, unmotivated, and stressed at work? These are signs of being burnt out at work, and they’re not symptoms to ignore. Professional burnout affects not only your job performance, but […]
