SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING HEALTHCARE WORKERS
First Claim
1. A method for scheduling healthcare workers comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a healthcare worker database having a plurality of healthcare workers registered with at least one healthcare worker registry along with a schedule of availability and at least one of a contact phone number and e-mail address for each of said healthcare workers;
b) providing at least one healthcare facility database having a plurality of healthcare facilities wherein each healthcare facility has at least one of a preferred list of healthcare workers and a preferred list of healthcare worker registries;
c) searching for registered healthcare workers that are available for working unfilled work shifts for a healthcare facility based on preferred search priorities of a given healthcare facility associated with said at least one healthcare facility database;
d) providing profile information relating to a predetermined number of healthcare workers that are available to fill an unfilled shift;
e) utilizing an automated response system to contact at least one of the available healthcare workers with details of the unfilled shift; and
f) obtaining a response from the at least one available healthcare worker either accepting or rejecting the unfilled shift.
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Abstract
A system and method for scheduling healthcare workers that includes a healthcare worker database containing information obtained from healthcare worker registries, healthcare facility databases, instructions to search for available healthcare workers from the healthcare worker database to fill an open work shift of a healthcare facility based on the facility'"'"'s preferences, instructions to display information relating to the healthcare workers available to fill the unfilled healthcare facility shift, an automated response system for automatically contacting an available healthcare worker or workers with details of the unfilled shift, and instructions to obtain a response from the available healthcare worker or workers either accepting or rejecting the unfilled shift.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for scheduling healthcare workers comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a healthcare worker database having a plurality of healthcare workers registered with at least one healthcare worker registry along with a schedule of availability and at least one of a contact phone number and e-mail address for each of said healthcare workers; b) providing at least one healthcare facility database having a plurality of healthcare facilities wherein each healthcare facility has at least one of a preferred list of healthcare workers and a preferred list of healthcare worker registries; c) searching for registered healthcare workers that are available for working unfilled work shifts for a healthcare facility based on preferred search priorities of a given healthcare facility associated with said at least one healthcare facility database; d) providing profile information relating to a predetermined number of healthcare workers that are available to fill an unfilled shift; e) utilizing an automated response system to contact at least one of the available healthcare workers with details of the unfilled shift; and f) obtaining a response from the at least one available healthcare worker either accepting or rejecting the unfilled shift. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. The method of claim 16 further comprising the step of paying a percentage of revenues collected from the bill to the healthcare facility to the healthcare worker registry through which the accepting healthcare worker was registered.
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17. A web-based system for scheduling healthcare workers comprising:
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a) a host server; b) a user interface for accessing the host server to access and input data; c) a processor for processing the inputted data; d) a memory coupled to the processor for storing the processed data and for storing instructions for; i. Inputting information relating to a plurality of healthcare workers registered with at least one healthcare worker registry which includes a schedule of availability and at least one of a contact phone number and an e-mail address for each of the plurality of healthcare workers; ii. Accessing the information relating to the plurality of healthcare workers to determine if a healthcare worker is available for an unfilled work shift; iii. Identifying a predetermined number of available healthcare workers to work the unfilled shift based on preferred search priorities; and iv. Automatically contacting at least one of the predetermined number of available healthcare workers to fill the unfilled shift until a predetermined amount of time passes or until the contacted available healthcare worker accepts or rejects the unfilled shift; e) an automated response system coupled to the processor for automatically contacting available healthcare workers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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