EmCare Mobile Scheduling Application

1. EmCare MobileScheduling Application By Alexander Stephens Ryan Piercy

2. Try the App! • Go to http://131.230.133.200:8001 • Provider Login Credentials • Username: TestProvider • Password: • Scheduler Login Credentials • Username: TestScheduler • Password:

3. Our Client P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: EmCare provides hundreds of hospitals with the tools they need to progressively increase their effectiveness and quality of care. They utilize a scheduling algorithm that organizes the preferences of their employees.

4. Problem & Solution P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • Employees may not have the time to log on to the online scheduler. • Our goal was to create an app that was • Efficient • Mobile • Secure

5. Project Objectives P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • EmCare requests that we develop an application that will allow hospital employees to: • View their monthly schedules • Submit shift preferences • Check shift offers.

6. Project Objectives P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • The application is also to include administrator operations, such as: • Viewing the master schedule for any hospital • Viewing the roster of all employees • Filling open shifts.

7. Requirements P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • EmCare required that we develop the app with: • ASP.NET MVC 4 Framework • jQueryMobile • The app was to be web-based. • They also required MySQL to connect to an SQL database from which the app would obtain its information.

8. Development P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 Express • MVC4 programming • jQueryMobile • JavaScript • MySQL • FREE

9. MVC P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass:

10. Work Flow

11. Aesthetic - Provider P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass:

12. Aesthetic - Scheduler P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass:

13. Security & Permissions P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: The login page checks the user’s credentials against the database on the server, and grants access based on that user’s permissions or role(s) (Provider or Scheduler). This also prevents direct unauthorized access via a specific page’s URL. Unauthorized User Invalid Credentials

14. Calendar & Database Connections We used Datebox, an open source mobile calendar, to display the schedule information. The calendar connects with the SQL database to retrieve a Provider’s shift information. For Schedulers, selecting a date will show all shifts for that day, including available shifts that can be filled.

15. Provider Preferences P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: • Providers can edit preferences to set • Preferred working shifts • Preferred work days (week or weekend) • Preferred holidays Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

16. Employee Roster P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: Schedulers have access to a roster of all employees’ contact information. The app connects to the database to retrieve the information, which is parsed into a table and displayed in the app page. Name Email Address Phone Number

17. Filling Shifts P. Uname: TestProvider P. Pass: S. Uname: Test Scheduler S.Pass: Schedulers can fill open shifts by selecting from a list of doctors available to work that shift. This updates the database and the schedules will show the selected doctor covering that shift.