"This is a great package-the only one that could schedule all three scenarios... The optimization routine takes people who have had less than the normal workload and... preferentially assigns them to additional shifts in a dynamic priority system, so that the final program goal over time is a schedule that balances the requirements of the institution with each individual..."
Medical Software Reviews
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"One of the most interesting of these was a computer program called DOCS. It is an easy-to-use but sophisticated software program that produces work schedules for radiology groups of any size."
Diagnostic Imaging
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"...a client sends copies of several months schedule which the company uses to deduce rules and relationships. Next, these rules and relationships are discussed with the client and refined. Finally, the client does a trial schedule or two and the process is further refined until both parties are happy with the result."
Medical Software Reviews
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"A fast and accurate system to find out who was on call and how o contact physicians was needed. With DOCS scheduler, departmental on call assignments are updated through a secure web based interface. Authorized personnel may then view the consolidatd schedule from anywhere on the internet and drill down to the detailed contact information in real time."
Palliser Health Region, Alberta, CN
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The best thing about DOCS is "having the whole list available at a glance."
Citizen's Memorial Hospital
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"Thank you so very much for providing that audit function. You can't imagine how much better it made my life. It's a great function and we so much appreciate it."
Bayhealth Medical Center
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"DOCS is easy to use."
Citizen's Memorial Hospital
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"The web application is easier. When there is a problem they can see what you are seeing and if you're stuck, they can help."
Region Three Hospital Corporation, New Brunswick, CN
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"...does a better job of producing an optimum schedule..."
Computers in Emergency Medicine
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"The flexibility translates into a lifestyle. It's about control of the job instead of visa versa. I have been toying with the idea of using DOCS for my son's hockey team, to help schedule the ice time."
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
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"Having the preferred name and number right there without having to search."
Citizen's Memorial Hospital
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"DOCS provides an easy reference guide to who is on call."
Milford Memorial Hospital
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"I also appreciate the group at DOCS, working with us towards resolution of an isolated, intermittent, but significant network slowdown."
Department of Anesthesiology and Periopertive Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University
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"Calendar viewing / by doc / by assignment Reporting is good."
Digestive Health Specialists
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"The people are very friendly and willing to help and answer any question. I don't feel as though I am alone out here with this system. I feel comfortable asking questions."
Bayhealth Medical Center
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"Ray Matthews, a spokesman for the National Institutes of Health, says the grant will help Acme Express (Maker of DOCS) determine whether it can expand the software to solve scheduling problems to large medical practices and hospitals."
Software maker wins NIH grant, Crain's Cleveland Business
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"Once you understand how to use DOCS properly and make changes, the inputting of information and, ultimately, the generation of the schedule, is quite easy."
Anesthesia Consultants of Erie
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"The software program is the result of the combined talents of three brothers. Scipione has a doctorate in elementary particle physics from the University of California at San Diego. His brother, Paul, is a doctor who graduated from Case Western Reserve University medical school, did his residency at University Hospitals and saw the need for such a program. Lou, who holds an accounting degree from Kent State University, worked on the accounting framework of the program."
Companies & People, The Plain Dealer
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"DOCS Request module has reduced manual work and administrative oversight, eliminated confusion, increased accuracy, and contributed to medical staff satisfaction and confidence in their schedules."
The Cleveland Clinic, Division of Anesthesiology
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"DOCS has easy online access from anywhere on the world."
Cleveland Clinic
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