Burnout, fatigue, and the adverse health effects of an unstable work schedule extend far beyond the healthcare sector. We know that physicians are facing a professional crisis — are there lessons to be learned from research in other sectors? A [...]
Do you want your surgeon to work back-to-back overnight 12-hour shifts and then perform brain surgery on you the next morning? There’s currently no regulation prohibiting this kind of dangerous scheduling in medicine. Physicians are human. Like truck drivers or [...]
Starting before they even set foot into medical school, would-be physicians face the expectation that they’ll be working long hours, often to the point of physical exhaustion. Hours are underreported, fatigue abounds, and avoidable medical errors are made. This doesn’t [...]
Job-related burnout is a problem across many professions. In medicine, burnout is a case of friction between physicians’ expectations and the realities of an extremely disconnected healthcare system. This is why more than 50 percent of physicians are currently showing [...]
It’s easier than ever to request schedule changes using Lightning Bolt. The newly updated iOS app, available in the App Store now, streamlines the process of users submitting and administrators managing requests on-the-go. With the upcoming holiday season, this new [...]
Moderated by Dr. Nick van Terheyden, Lightning Bolt Solutions’ clinical balance advisory board discusses ways to measure a healthy shift schedule, focusing on questions such as: What makes a shift schedule healthy for both patients and physicians? How do we measure and [...]
2016 has proven to be a landmark year for Lightning Bolt Solutions — new team members, new buzz, new technology advancements. As we’re quickly approaching the beginning of a new year, let’s take a look back at Lightning Bolt’s Best [...]
This morning, like almost every other morning, I walked into my local coffee shop and was greeted with a smile. I exchanged a “Good morning” with my favorite barista, whose name I know and who knows mine. Before I [...]
Lightning Bolt hosted its first annual Advisory Board Summit in September, bringing together physician leaders to discuss the triple challenge currently facing healthcare: reducing physician burnout and improving patient access while also meeting business objectives. This challenge drives Lightning Bolt’s [...]
When the temperature starts dropping each year, many healthcare professionals are anticipating the start of cold and flu season. Hospital operations leaders, however, are bracing for a busy season marked by compounding end-of-year physician shift scheduling demands. Scheduling Season — [...]