AtStaff announces the introduction of Physician Scheduler® with AtHand™ control, giving physicians the freedom to manage and self-direct their schedules at any place, any time

HIMSS 2008—Orlando, Fla.—February 25, 2008—AtStaff, Inc., today announces the introduction of Physician Scheduler® with AtHand™ control for self-directed ownership and management of specialty physicians' schedules.

AtHand control enables today's busy, on-the-go physicians to control all aspects of their work schedules from a smartphone or PDA at any location and at any time. Far beyond providing static schedule views, AtHand control delivers the complete, advanced functionality of Physician Scheduler, the market's leading, rules-based physician scheduling solution.

AtHand control features a customized, interactive dashboard that enables physicians to respond in real time to evolving scheduling dynamics and changes, submit and verify schedule requests, access reports and vacation-day accruals, and communicate with colleagues as well as the scheduler. With AtHand's real-time handheld functionality, physicians are freed from the frustrating delays of phone tag messages and the constraints of traditional desktop and laptop accessibility. Confirming and adjusting schedules, and collaborating with colleagues can now be done immediately and on the fly.

"We're very excited to introduce AtHand technology because it gives specialty physicians greater autonomy and control over their schedules, and their day-to-day work experiences," says Mark Burgess, Managing Director of Physician Scheduler. "AtHand takes Physician Scheduler to a new, higher level in better serving the needs of today's physicians. By helping physicians stay mobile and better balance their clinical and administrative demands with their personal time, we're enabling them to better serve their patients while increasing their own level of satisfaction."

Every day for more than a decade, AtStaff's Physician Scheduler has proven itself by managing the fast-paced scheduling challenges of more than 10,000 physicians and staff working in healthcare enterprises, hospital departments and specialized private practices. No other solution has Physician Scheduler's record of success—a reflection of its scheduling flexibility, proven reliability and intelligent, rules-driven technology.

"Our AtHand mobile technology is another step forward in providing greater functionality and greater value to a product already established as the leader in the marketplace," says Burgess. "It's also evidence of our customer-driven orientation. Our physician customers have told us that handheld access is the best and most convenient way for them to self-direct and manage their own schedules."

Physician Scheduler's AtHand technology:

• Offers hands-on control to proactively manage schedules and collaborate with colleagues from anywhere
• Reclaims wasted time for busy physicians by providing spontaneous, direct control of their own schedules without reliance on a computer
• Allows physicians to increase their mobility within care settings, which is critical for efficient and effective patient care
• Abides by the load-sharing rules of each organization established for equity among physicians
• Scales to meet the complexity of scheduling physicians for a healthcare enterprise or teaching hospital

About Physician Scheduler

Physician Scheduler is healthcare's premier physician scheduling solution. Physician Scheduler works the way you do, regardless of your specialty. Its success is driven by its ability to adapt to the way each specialty department, private practice or teaching enterprise prefers to schedule physicians, whether by patterns, rotations, limits or their own unique methodologies.

Physician Scheduler's flexible, sophisticated rules engine delivers unmatched control over all aspects of physician scheduling—from ensuring appropriate skill coverage at multiple locations while equalizing an unlimited number of assignments and call schedules, to providing real-time decision support tools while filling last-minute open assignments.

The software optimizes coverage for all sites, based on the unique skill sets of physicians, and ensures that each physician receives an equitable rotation and balanced workload. A comprehensive array of reports is available to demonstrate scheduling fairness and appropriateness, and to justify all staffing decisions.

About AtStaff

Healthcare management software systems from AtStaff serve more than 1,200 healthcare organizations, medical facilities, nursing departments and group practices.

AtStaff's ClairVia®* staff and demand management solutions for the hospital enterprise marketplace improve quality of care, patient safety and patient throughput by ensuring that patients receive the exact, clinically appropriate level and amount of staffing care from admission to discharge.

Physician Scheduler® is the company's proven physician scheduling solution that takes the guesswork out of generating and managing all specialty schedules for private practices, hospital departments and academic providers, nurses, technicians and support staff.

AtStaff's consulting division, ILUME Consulting, provides healthcare organizations with a comprehensive set of consulting services designed to foster improvements in the delivery of high-quality patient care, and optimize value and capabilities of clients' software investments.

More information on AtStaff and its solutions is available at www.atstaff.com.

* Patent Pending

Media contact:
AtStaff, Inc.
Stephen R. Werk
Director of Marketing
(919) 382-8282, ext. 205
swerk@atstaff.com

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