I was thinking of something simple - one person is responsible in producing a draft schedule based on basic constraints: vacation and leave etc. This is posted on the web with access only by members of the call group. Other members of call group will make changes by editing the template with highlight of proposed changes after negotiating with whoever has agreed to the changes. The versions of the oncall template is kept for tracking purpose.
Family Medicine is similar to General Practice in the U.K.. However, because I do full care Obstetrics, I belong to two different call groups (regular family medicine type call group and the obstetrics call group) which makes life rather interesting. I think any existing groupware - like Wiki might flip the bill? David Chan, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: Duncan Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:26 AM Subject: Re: Open Source Oncall software > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. David H Chan) wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is any Open Source Oncall Scheduling > > solution? It could be as simple as a workgroup editor with version > > control. It shouldn't be too complicated to use. > > Saw your message above on the openhealth-list. > > I've been thinking about addressing this problem, for hospital doctor > rotas in the U.K. However it seems to me that this would best be > provided as a web based service, so rotas could be edited from home and > work and published on the web by those without web-publishing know-how. > > What do you think about pros and cons of a PC based versus web based > solution? > > If the web based solution is better, I was considering providing a free, > but not necessarily open-source service (hence this message not on the > open-source list). Maybe the system could be sponsored by some health > care company. > > I notice you are in "Department of Family Medicine", is this like > "General Practice" in the UK? If so do you think this is a fundamentally > different problem than for hospital rotas? > > Do you have any brief description of your requirements for the software? > > -- > Duncan Harris, Sapio Design Ltd, Cheshire, U.K. >
