Medical staff schedule is most complicated because of the
vast number of rules and policies they have to follow. For example:
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Each employee has to have
minimum rest after certain shifts and longer rest after other shifts.
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Some shifts can be combined
and other shifts cannot follow certain shifts.
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Some shifts have higher
priority while some shifts can be filled on a standby basis.
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Overtime control to limit
the amount of overtime.
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Allocating employees with
specific skill set to specific shifts.
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Assigning trainees to
shifts without taking away other staff.
Accommodating to all these rules, policies and limitations
takes time and a lot of skill and can be assisted by some software, but only
the ones who can handle the task.