Ideas for running a smarter healthcare group
Guides from the Describe team on scheduling, payroll, performance tracking, and credentialing.
ShiftAdmin sunset: ShiftAdmin is ending support. What ER and urgent care groups should do next
ShiftAdmin is sunsetting and cutting off support. Here is what ER and urgent care groups should look for in a ShiftAdmin replacement and how to switch scheduling software without disrupting coverage.
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What scheduling tools miss for ER and urgent care groups
Emergency medicine and urgent care groups spend $15,000 to $50,000 a year on QGenda and ShiftAdmin. Schedulers still spend 15 to 25 hours a week on manual work.
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Why provider payroll takes so long
Operations teams at healthcare staffing groups spend 40 to 60 hours each pay period calculating provider pay in Excel. Every provider has a different pay structure, which makes errors common.
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Provider scorecards: how visibility and friendly competition improve performance
When providers can see their own length of stay, patients per hour, and patient satisfaction, updated daily or weekly, and see how they compare with their peers, their numbers improve.
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Describe raises $750K pre-seed round
Our first funding round, to build one platform for emergency medicine groups and urgent cares.
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How healthcare staffing groups handle credentialing today
Most staffing groups still track provider credentials in spreadsheets and shared drives. For a group with 50 to 100 providers, that takes 20 to 30 hours a week.
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