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Signals from the nest

Short, practical insights on physician scheduling, fairness, and operations — written with clinical teams in mind.

Latest topics

5 ways to balance night shifts

How to treat nights as a scarce, high-impact resource — from FTE-weighted assignment to transparent variance dashboards you can show the group.

Hospice scheduling: handling overlaps without burnout

Overlaps are necessary for good hospice care. The key is modeling them explicitly and watching for fatigue risk instead of tracking everything in memory.

Simplifying nursing home coverage

One-provider-per-day coverage doesn’t mean simple lives. A clean calendar, clear expectations, and easy swaps can still reduce friction significantly.

Holidays, points, and perceived fairness

Holiday multipliers can defuse a lot of tension — if they’re consistent, visible, and part of a larger fairness framework everyone understands.

We’re currently sharing these topics during 1:1 pilot conversations rather than as public blog posts.

If you’d like to see deeper write-ups or example schedules for your specific group type, we’re happy to share them as part of a demo.

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