Emergency! (TV Show) FREE on Hulu!

With our included unlimited customer service and technical support with each subscription, we like to think we're ALL ABOUT sharing information. Which is why this blog entry is going to make your day.

Emergency! is viewable online FREE on Hulu through September 18, 2011!  Relive Seasons 1-4 of Randy Mantooth's Johnny Gage and Kevin Tighe's Roy DeSoto's adventures with Los Angeles County Fire Department's Station 51. 

We know how much this series means to so many of our customers so we had to share. We've got guys here who watched the show when it aired and we have guys here who have only known big-screen TVs. 

Will we show episodes on our main lounge wall-mounted LCD TV? 
Maybe. 

Will we be doing that every day till September 18th? 
Maybe.

Will you share this great news with everyone else you know?
DO IT!

New Features: Schedule Editor Enhancements

We are always working on ways to improve our platform to help make our users' lives that much easier. Performance enhancements, as a feature, are as important to us as they are to our users. In particular, we've been working on optimizing the Schedule Editor (SE). With the help of user suggestions, we've found a few ways to speed up SE load time. Here are some of the things we've added recently to the system...

1) "Float Up" can now be disabled system-wide. This is now a setting in Schedule Characteristics. If "Float Up" is disabled, SE will default to selecting the first open slot/shift on your schedule.

2) In SE, a new option to "Hide unavailable members" is available. Checking this box will hide members with no available/preferred time (if using the Availability feature) speeding up load time.

3) There is also a "Hide Column" above the reports section here. Hiding these reports will give a little more screen real estate and a speed increase. 

4) "Hide" and "Show this only" options are available on each schedule giving you quick tools to hide schedules you don't need to see or isolate the only schedule you need to work with.

Many under-the-hood optimizations went into this upgrade to improve Schedule Editor performance. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Customer Service at (888) 749-5550.

Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out To The People of Joplin, Missouri

Our thoughts and prayers go out to all those affected by the recent storms in southwestern Missouri. In particular, we'd like to send our very best to our friends at METS Ambulance in Joplin, MO during these difficult times.

Your commitment to public service is amplified during these tragedies and we are watching and waiting patiently for the first signs of good news up here in Wisconsin.

Tech Tip: Using Batch Edit in the Member Database

Your Aladtec online employee scheduling system already includes a robust and fully-customizable database management system. The Member Database (accessible through the Members tab) can be used to track as few or as many member attributes, certifications, or anything as you would like.

Check out a tutorial on the Member Database:

Batch Edit allows you to edit multiple fields simultaneously. This comes in handy when you need to change an attribute for several employees.

To batch edit a field, follow these easy steps:

1. Make sure you have the field you want to edit displayed in the list view. If it is not in your current view, click "Modify" next to the Display pull-down menu. Select the fields you wish to view and click "Apply" to refresh your database list. You may also click on “Save as…” to save this view in the Display pull-down menu of your account.
2. Select the members you want to edit by clicking on the check box to the left of each members' name.
3. Click "Batch Edit" at the top of the column you are editing.
4. Depending on what kind of field you are editing, you will have different edit options:

• To edit a text, date, or expiration date field, enter the text or date and click “Save.”

• To edit a single-option field (e.g. Employee Type), select the appropriate option from the pull-down menu and click "Save."
• To edit a multi-option field (e.g. Schedule Permissions), select the options you wish to edit, then choose to either add or remove the selected choices from the selected members.

Using Batch Edit with the Member Database can help keep organized, accurate, and helpful information stored in one easily accessible place.

Remember: You can also edit each cell individually

by hovering over the cell and clicking the "pencil" icon. 

EMS Today 2011 Podcasts with GCEMS' Andy Lovell and Aladtec's Chad Clay

JEMS.com just posted the EMS Today 2011 podcast videos on their site. We have these up on our YouTube channel already, but if you haven't seen them yet, check them out!

Andy Lovell from Gloucester County EMS shares about how EMS Manager has changed (for the better) the way their service manages and schedules their members. In another segment, our very own Chad Clay is interviewed by Carissa O'Brien from ProMed Network about EMS Manager and what it provides to its users.

EMS Week 2011

With EMS Week approaching, we here at Aladtec wanted to offer our thanks and appreciation to all the First Responders, EMTs, and Paramedics that day-in and day-out do such vital work for their communities.

When we first started EMS Manager back in 2002, we didn't anticipate that our online tools would help over 650 agencies do their jobs. As we learn more and more about emergency medical services, we are truly grateful and humbled to serve those who serve others.

Cheers from all of us at Aladtec; we are proud to serve YOU, our everyday heroes.