You can generate reports on which personnel seem to do best under which conditions. You can track myriad details about your operations and make the details you track as minute as you wish. Not everyone makes good use of the report-generating ability of this analysis tool. Given the power of these systems to remember details and create reports, that may be a great loss itself. Tempus' Hayes recognizes that the shift from inpatient to outpatient care has necessitated the transition to scheduling systems.
Scheduling can well become the hub of the healthcare system.
This means that systems must be flexible and that flexibility means people can use them rather cleverly. Because there is so much customization and configuration, plan on the vendor working with you to get everything you want out of your system. Others give customers control over a wide assortment of settings, but not over the underlying databases. Defining your needs and future needs up front is imperative. Some systems are fine at staff scheduling, but cannot handle the details of your operative procedures.