Posts Tagged with scheduling

by jantzl on August 20, 2020

Tonight I’m feeling nervous because tomorrow I am participating in a pitch competition live on the internet.

I have plans to write about some of the awesome ideas that my peers in Project Healthcare are working on.

I have plans to write about some of the great methods we have learned from working on schedules with different groups all over the US.

I have plans to write about what ...

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by adgrooms on March 4, 2020

Scheduling is a complicated process, especially in graduate medical education. Residents need to complete their requirements in different disciplines, while institutional staffing needs and patient needs must also be considered. In our experience, scheduling in GME, we have seen an approach called X+Y that can be very beneficial in programs with ambulatory training. This format has been in ...

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by adgrooms on October 18, 2019

Burnout is a problem in healthcare with many different contributing factors. As we contemplate ways to put an end to burnout, physician scheduling must be considered as part of the solution. Scheduling is a complex and time-consuming task that can be hard to get right in the eyes of everyone on the staff, especially if an organization has a shortage of physicians. This can lead to overworked ...

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by adgrooms on October 2, 2019

Physicians are often working with maxed out patient schedules that have no room for deviance. Otherwise, there is pressure on them to "get back on track". Take this story for instance:

A provider has a full load of patients for the morning clinic until 11:30 and must go immediately into a full afternoon of procedures starting at noon, with maybe enough time to sneak in a quick snack. But ...

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