A new app from easyLog for smart phones and tablet computers using the Android operating system takes working on the move a step further by allowing users to administer staff rotas quickly and effectively with only a standard wireless or GPRS (smart phone) internet connection.
The new software, developed in conjunction with Abicare, is ideally suited to coordinators who manage domiciliary care staff, work on call and have access to the internet via a home wireless connection or mobile phone with GPRS. Using this connection to link to a small portable device, such as a tablet or smart phone, is more convenient than PC-based options and means that users can easily access and amend the rota at short notice, even if they are on the move – for example, when doing home visits themselves, or during the evening or early morning when no office staff are available.
Users can update the rota system in real time, without returning to the office, and there’s no need for paper copies or follow-up administration, making it a very efficient way to deal with sickness absences and other last-minute staff changes.
“This system gives us access to service user details and enables us to reschedule staff on the move,” explains Sarah Mullins, coordinator of AbiCare’s West Wiltshire office. “This avoids us having to carry vast amounts of paperwork and means that we do not need extra administration when we eventually return to the office.”
Developing our own software means that we can update easyLog’s products in line with technological advances and changing customer needs – and it’s this forward thinking that is behind the latest version of our rota management software for portable devices.
Rotamanagement options include:
- Spreadsheet view of selected rota periods for all required staff in 15-minute intervals
- View of call times with client names
- Indication of employee absence or unavailability
- Ability to rearrange a call by changing time or member of care team
- Ability to delete calls
- Ability to insert calls based on unallocated contracts
- List unallocated, or over allocated, contracts
Our domiciliary care software for tablets also features:
- Client access/medical and home visit records
- View and edit care plans
- Employee, personal and training records
- View and add call log/communication log items
- Off-line function when not in wireless or GPRS range
We also have tablet-based products for care home administration and cleaning management administration. Please contact us to find out more.