| The best thing about DOCS is “having real reports to show doubters/complainers.” |
Stephen Bledsoe, M.D., Ph.D.
Willamette Valley Medical Center
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| “The people are very friendly and willing to help and answer any question. I don't feel as though I am alone out here with this system. I feel comfortable asking questions.” |
Jennifer Merritt
Bayhealth Medical Center
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| “Everyone can get access to schedule via web.” |
James Fletcher, MD
Indiana University
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| The best thing about DOCS is “having the whole list available at a glance.” |
Debra Holman
Citizen’s Memorial Hospital
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| “The automatic features and the "real time" balance sheet or tally sheet are extremely useful.” |
Tom Church, MD
Lima Radiological Associates
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| “Calendar viewing / by doc / by assignment Reporting is good.” |
Jolanda Fielder
Digestive Health Specialists
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| “Flexibility in scheduling Detailed reporting. DOCS's staff are great to work with, even when we have a problem.” |
Margaret Cooper
Austin Radiological Association
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| “The best thing about DOCS is the web availability.” |
Larry Hanson
Consultant Diagnostic Imaging
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| “Having the preferred name and number right there without having to search.” |
Cheryl Rhodes
Citizen’s Memorial Hospital
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| “DOCS is easy to use.” |
Kim McKee
Citizen’s Memorial Hospital
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| “DOCS provides an easy reference guide to who is oncall.” |
Harriet Shafer
Milford Memorial Hospital
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| “DOCS has easy online access from anywhere on the world.” |
Jia Lin
Cleveland Clinic
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| “I also appreciate the group at DOCS, working with us towards resolution of an isolated, intermittent, but significant network slowdown.” |
Brian Armstrong, Manager, Information Systems and Facilities
Department of Anesthesiology and Periopertive Medicine, Oregon Health & Sciences University
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| “A fast and accurate system to find out who was on call and how o contact physicians was needed. With DOCS scheduler, departmental on call assignments are updated through a secure web based interface. Authorized personnel may then view the consolidatd schedule from anywhere on the internet and drill down to the detailed contact information in real time.” |
V. L. Di Ninno, B. Sc., Ph.D., MD, CCFP, Vice President Medical Services
Palliser Health Region, Alberta, CN -- November, 2005
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| “…a client sends copies of several months schedule which the company uses to deduce rules and relationships. Next, these rules and relationships are discussed with the client and refined. Finally, the client does a trial schedule or two and the process is further refined until both parties are happy with the result.” |
Mark Parker, MD
Medical Software Reviews
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| “One of the most interesting of these was a computer program called DOCS. It is an easy-to-use but sophisticated software program that produces work schedules for radiology groups of any size.” |
Samuel Hessel, MD and Jonathan Levey, MD
Diagnostic Imaging -- March, 1991
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| “This is a great package—the only one that could schedule all three scenarios… The optimization routine takes people who have had less than the normal workload and … preferentially assigns them to additional shifts in a dynamic priority system, so that the final program goal over time is a schedule that balances the requirements of the institution with each individual…” |
Dennis Sinar, MD
Medical Software Reviews
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| “…does a better job of producing an optimum schedule…” |
Computers in Emergency Medicine
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| “DOCS …was the top-rated scheduling program compared in the December, 1992 Medical Software Reviews. DOCS can set a rule that if you are on call one day, you will not be on call for the next two days. Each physician has an account and a Monte-Carlo technique assigns the next slot to the staffer with the lowest balance. The program was written by a physicist to help his brother, an anesthesiologist, schedule a practice group.” |
Bill Ingram
Answers to physician’s computer questions, Medical Tribune -- March 25, 1993
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| “Such a tool can potentially save many thousands of hours, allowing clinicians to devote more time to patient care.” |
Howard Nearman, MD
University Hospitals of Cleveland
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| “I have enjoyed working with Vlad.” |
David Cloninger
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| “Once you understand how to use DOCS properly and make changes, the inputting of information and, ultimately, the generation of the schedule, is quite easy.” |
Frank Wiertel
Anesthesia Consultants of Erie
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| “Overall the package has met our basic needs and cut time required to get a schedule published.” |
John Floretta
McKenzie Anesthesia
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| “I am very happy with your technical support.” |
Galbaner
New Haven
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| “The flexibility translates into a lifestyle.It’s about control of the job instead of visa versa. I have been toying with the idea of using DOCS for my son’s hockey team, to help schedule the ice time.” |
Mark Nawrocki, MD
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
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| “The web application is easier. When there is a problem they can see what you are seeing and if you’re stuck, they can help.” |
Jane Findlater, MD
Region Three Hospital Corporation, New Brunswick, CN
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| “Another unique aspect of the DOCS software is the fact that it is web enabled. First this means no on-site set up… It also means no on-site upgrades. DOCS users aren’t bogged down with disks and lengthy hard copy manuals, and they aren’t at the mercy of their IT person to load the software.” |
Ken Palmer
Doctoring Tasks, SBN Magazine -- December, 2000
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| “The software program is the result of the combined talents of three brothers. Scipione has a doctorate in elementary particle physics from the University of California at San Diego. His brother, Paul, is a doctor who graduated from Case Western Reserve University medical school, did his residency at University Hospitals and saw the need for such a program. Lou, who holds an accounting degree from Kent State University, worked on the accounting framework of the program.” |
Marcus Gleisser
Companies & People, The Plain Dealer -- April 10, 1997
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| “Ray Matthews, a spokesman for the National Institutes of Health, says the grant will help Acme Express (Maker of DOCS) determine whether it can expand the software to solve scheduling problems t large medical practices and hospitals.” |
Scott Suttell
Software maker wins NIH grant, Crain’s Cleveland Business -- June 5, 1995
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| “A Cleveland software company has received a $750,000 federal grant to develop a product that promises to ease the complicated and rancorous process of scheduling medical personnel.” |
Bob Cook
Software maker to use grant to help docs keep schedule, Crain’s Cleveland Business -- March 24, 1997
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| "DOCS Request module has reduced manual work and administrative oversight, eliminated confusion, increased accuracy, and contributed to medical staff satisfaction and confidence in their schedules." |
Tim Zaranec, Manager Information Systems Group
The Cleveland Clinic, Division of Anesthesiology -- 2005
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| "Thank you so very much for providing that audit function. You can't imagine how much better it made my life. It's a great function and we so much appreciate it." |
Ethel Matney, Manager of Web/Physician Access Information technology Department
Bayhealth Medical Center -- October 23, 2007
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