Overnight call, weekends and holidays affect more than the number of shifts in a month. Build your call schedule around agreed coverage and commitments, then review the distribution with your group.
Identify which call duties must be covered and which physicians are eligible. Record linked shifts, time-off needs and call-spacing rules. Separate requirements from preferences so the group understands what can change when a schedule is difficult.
Account for Different Commitments
A physician working part time may have a different call target from a full-time colleague. Review weekday, weekend and holiday duties as distinct parts of the workload. Your group decides the targets and exceptions; a single total cannot explain every difference.
Inspect the Draft Before Sharing
Use the planner and workbench to review assignments and conflicts. Keep deliberate manual assignments where needed. If coverage and requests cannot all be accommodated, review the assumptions rather than treating a generated draft as the final decision.
Keep the Published Schedule Useful
Make the current on-call schedule available to authorized hospital staff and let physicians subscribe to their own work calendar. Shift changes remain subject to the group's review workflow, with a record of changes.
What Should We Bring to a Demo?
Bring a representative call schedule, your coverage rules, typical work commitments and examples of recurring exceptions. We can walk through setup, requests, review and changes using your needs to guide the discussion.
See the Workflow
Explore this interactive illustration using fictional staff and work. In a demo, we can discuss your group's own requirements.
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01 · Set up your group
Planning period3 months
Your group60 physicians
Start withShifts & coverage
Add staff, coverage and requests. Keep approved leave fixed.
OpenAI turns your requests into rules.
“Protect leave, give a day off after call, and balance workload.”
