One of the most common requests by clinicians is improved access to rosters on their mobile devices. Poor accessibility isn't only frustrating but leads to confusion and mistakes when scheduling shifts.
Key reasons to making rosters mobile accessible on Med App
Admin teams | Clinicians |
Better rosters improve retention rates of clinicians | Easily find the latest source of truth without wading through an inbox |
Updates are instantly communicated via mobile push notifications | Swaps happen regularly, it's difficult and time consuming to track changes |
Files are easily uploaded, maintained with version changes | Rosters are only 3 clicks away |
Improves clinical engagement on Med App | Remove barriers of work computer only access |
What's the best file format to use?
Below compares the different file formats currently available on Med App to upload rosters.
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Excel | PDF Portrait |
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Maximise viewing on mobile screens for PDFs
If you're using PDF file formats, important to change 'margins' to narrow when saving. (See below). This will save the image as close to the edge as possible to the page.
Steps to exporting an Excel roster as a PDF
When exporting your roster to change it to an optimised PDF document for viewing on mobile follow these steps.
Print roster
Page size should be A4
Margins should be set to Narrow
Save as PDF
Uploading Rosters
After choosing the file format and optimising your roster follow these steps
Uploaded it to Med App under Rosters & Rotations category
Create a heading
Appropriately name your roster
Name/Department followed by the date uploaded dd//mm//yy
If updating the roster modify the date
Communicate that a new roster is available
Download a roster template
If you like our roster template you can download it here
