Medical Center EMS Department Reduces Scheduling & Payroll Preparation Time By 75% The EMS department at Uintah Basin Medical Center, Roosevelt, Utah, is comprised of 75 paid volunteers and services one of the few rural areas in Utah that has paramedic service. The Challenge The Director of the EMS Department, Von Johnson, knew his department would be more efficient with a better scheduling system. He had experienced many problems with the paper schedules they were using. Every month, all 75 crew members submitted their availability. Then someone would go through each one and plug their information into the master schedule which they would post in the ambulance shed. After the schedule was posted they had to rely on the crew to pick up the schedule and hope someone would fill the openings.

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