
Benefits of a Hospitalist Scheduling Solution
From equalizing night and weekend shifts to minimizing patient handoffs, our automated approach enables hospital medicine divisions to advance care coordination in this complex specialty.
- Include individual providers’ scheduling preferences
- Distribute admitting and rounding shifts to create equitable schedules
Provider Workload Affects Career Satisfaction
1 in 3
hospitalists who encounter 21 or more patients per shift say they are dissatisfied with their career.
57%
of providers cite burnout as a source of dissatisfaction with their career.
31%
of hospitalists face dissatisfaction with their career due to scheduling issues.
Improving Hospitalist Speed to Care with Optimized Scheduling
Popular Hospital Medicine Scheduling Rules
With the most granular rule prioritization on the market, Lightning Bolt auto-generates
the best available hospitalist shift schedules.
All providers work their admitting and rounding shifts in blocks of 7–14 days
All rounding blocks need to be scheduled at least three weeks apart
FTE providers must work a set number of shifts per month
Evenly distribute weekend and night shifts across all FTE providers
When coming off nights, no day shifts for a minimum of 3 days
Schedule all providers on Dept Meeting 1st Wed of each month
Learn more about optimized rule-based scheduling >>