Question 1

What is the best scheduling software for emergency medicine groups?

Accepted Answer

The best EM scheduling software automatically generates a fair monthly schedule, tracks night, weekend, and holiday equity, enforces rest between shifts, and lets providers handle availability, PTO, and trades from a phone. CoverED was built by an emergency medicine physician to do exactly this for single-site and multi-site EM groups, with a dedicated ACGME-aware mode for residency programs.

Question 2

How does CoverED generate a fair ED schedule?

Accepted Answer

CoverED builds a full month automatically while balancing nights, weekends, and holidays across the group, filling nocturnists first so night doctors hit their required counts, enforcing a minimum 11-hour rest window between shifts and post-night recovery, and respecting every provider's time-off and availability. Admins can review and edit the draft before publishing.

Question 3

Does CoverED support multiple sites and residency programs?

Accepted Answer

Yes. CoverED schedules multiple sites from one shared provider pool, and it includes a residency mode with ACGME duty-hour checks (80-hour rolling average, consecutive-hour caps, rest between shifts, and 1-in-7 off) for emergency medicine residency programs.

Question 4

Can providers swap shifts and request time off from their phone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. CoverED is a mobile-friendly web app — no app to install. Providers submit availability and PTO, claim open shifts, and request and accept trades from any phone, and every shift syncs to Apple, Google, or Outlook calendars via ICS or webcal.

Question 5

Is there a free trial of CoverED?

Accepted Answer

Yes. CoverED offers a free, no-risk trial, and the first founding groups lock in 50% off for life. Visit coveredscheduling.com to start.