TY - JOUR T1 - HealthRota: An evaluation of a digital rostering platform for managing hospital doctors' rotas and leave JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 166 LP - 170 DO - 10.7861/fhj.2022-0022 VL - 9 IS - 2 AU - Rob Galloway AU - Ogechifina Onyiriuka AU - Amy Brown AU - Colin Fitzpatrick AU - Daniel Richardson Y1 - 2022/07/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/2/166.abstract N2 - Background In order to provide safe, high-quality hospital care, it is essential that doctors are optimally deployed. Digital platforms for rostering doctors improves both the quality of hospital care and the wellbeing of doctors. We evaluated the usability and acceptability of the HealthRota© e-rostering system.Methods We circulated an electronic survey among doctors with current/previous experience of using HealthRota, and measured usability (with a system usability score (SUS)) and acceptability. We collected data on how doctors believed HealthRota affected wellbeing, patient safety and training.Results There were 209 responses (67 non-training clinical fellows, 114 training doctors and 27 consultants) from an estimated 350 doctors who have used HealthRota. Overall, the median SUS score was 86/100 (interquartile range (IQR) 75–97), and there were no differences by role (p=0.118), age (p=0.632) or years of experience (p=0.963). The median Likert score for recommending HealthRota to a colleague was 5/5 (IQR 4–5). There were no differences in role (p=0.477), age (p=0.904) or years of experience (p=0.930). Doctors suggested that HealthRota improves patient safety (4/5 (IQR 3–5)), junior doctor training (4/5 (IQR 3–5)), doctor wellbeing (4/5 (IQR 3–5)) and out-of-hours cover (4/5 (IQR 3–5)).Conclusion HealthRota is usable and acceptable to doctors and improved the quality of patient care and doctor wellbeing. This serves as evidence to broaden the use of HealthRota. ER -