Hospital roster managers have long been expected to solve a highly complex problem with comparatively simple tools. Many rostering products are designed around a fixed set of scheduling rules anticipated by the vendor. Hospitals, however, do not operate within a standard set of rules. A workable roster must reconcile clinical coverage, qualifications, supervision, fatigue limits, […]
HosPortal is collaborating with the Medical Workforce team at a large Western Sydney public hospital to develop an AI-powered Term Preference Module for junior doctor training allocations. The new module is being designed to help hospitals collect the term and leave preferences of postgraduate year one (PGY1) and postgraduate year two (PGY2) doctors, apply complex […]
Practising anaesthetist and HosPortal founder Dr Chris Jones has released a new YouTube presentation challenging one of the most accepted practices in Australian healthcare: building hospital rosters in Excel. Drawing on more than two decades of clinical and workforce management experience, he explains why manual rostering can consume far more clinical and operational time than […]
HosPortal has announced the release of its new AI Assistant, introducing conversational AI directly into hospital workforce management and changing the way hospital workforce administrators interact with rostering software. Rather than navigating multiple screens, searching menus or remembering where infrequently used functions are located, administrators can now simply ask the system what they need using […]
There is no perfect hospital roster. Dr Chris Jones explains why modern hospital workforce planning is about making better workforce decisions supported by clinician-led technology and human judgment.
If you work across more than one hospital, you already know the drill. Each site has its own portal. Each portal has its own login. Somewhere between the rostering system, the pathology results, the email, the parking app and your personal accounts, you’ve ended up with the same two or three passwords doing the work […]
Hospital timesheets still create significant friction in payroll and workforce administration. Learn why healthcare organisations are moving towards integrated rostering and timesheet workflows.
Dr Chris Jones discussing modern hospital rostering systems and the move beyond manual rostering processes
Emergency department rostering has become one of the most quietly difficult operational challenges in Australian public hospitals. What was once manageable using spreadsheets and generic workforce systems is increasingly struggling to keep pace with the reality and complexity of modern emergency care. Multiple models of care, expanding training requirements, fatigue management, fairness considerations, and constant […]
Regular readers would know that we have long defended the fact that we do not need a standalone iOS or Android app: our responsive web pages work perfectly on any device and look and behave like an app if you want, including the ability to call and text colleagues directly from your screen. This approach […]
Rostering in healthcare is never simple. In emergency departments, however, it carries a different weight altogether.
Hospital rostering has always been one of the most demanding and time-consuming tasks in any hospital — no matter the size, specialty, or staffing model.