Call Scheduler Blog No Thanks, I’m Too Busy to Automate On-Call

If you are a physician or administrator who creates the call schedule for the doctors using Excel, this post is specifically for you. I have heard the phrase over and over “I’m too busy to even look at something new”, “we’re too busy with (fill in the blank)”, and “the doctors are so busy” so often that it doesn’t even phase me anymore.   After some thoughtful reflection, I was unable to identify a group of professionals who are not busy. Can people be so busy that they can’t take time to learn something relevant to their business that will save time?  Really?  Adjuvant Technologies is the second company I started. In my first company and even the first few years of Adjuvant, I was always busy. Often times too busy to eat lunch or even arrive home at a reasonable hour. Over the years, trusted advisors, as well as members of my Board of Directors would advise me to begin to off-load some of the administrative duties that were always making me so busy. One of the main reasons that prevented me from giving up some of these tasks was the daunting task of turning things over to someone else, bringing them up to speed, and then managing the process. It seemed easier to just do it myself. Although nervous, I thought I would take the advice and give it a try.