OPTIMIZED SHIFT SCHEDULES FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS

Inside the emergency room, smarter shift scheduling
ensures 24/7 patient coverage while preventing physician burnout.

Key Benefits for Emergency Medicine Shift Scheduling

Easily consider providers’ scheduling needs and preferences

Empower providers to request shift changes in a centralized location

Reduce administrative burden by automating time-off requests

Equalize demanding shifts across all providers

Emergency medicine is one of the most complex specialties, requiring an average of 62 set scheduling rules and the flexibility to accommodate an average of 276 shift change requests each month using Lightning Bolt’s AI optimization technology. From round-the-clock coverage for varying patient acuity to shift equity for providers, our scientific approach enables emergency medicine teams to maximize flexible scheduling in this complex specialty.

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Samples of Popular Emergency Medicine Scheduling Rules

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Provider A works the 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. shift every Monday.

Provider A can only work one shift per day, unless doubles are requested.

All providers must work 120 hours per month.

When a provider works a morning shift in Vacaville, they must not work an evening shift in Vallejo.

Providers must work a minimum of 1 shift in Vacaville per week.

The Most Advanced Emergency Medicine Scheduling Technology

“Any software can make a schedule, but Lightning Bolt’s software generates a schedule that’s optimized for the unique needs of each of the providers.”

-Dr. Kenneth Serio

Scripps Medical Group, La Jolla, CA

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