Let’s be honest, scheduling a simple team meeting shouldn’t feel like performing administrative gymnastics. If you’ve ever had to manually book out a staff meeting for 15 individual practitioners one by one, you know exactly what we mean.
At splose, we are obsessed with shaving seconds off your admin time so you can pour hours back into client care. That’s why we are absolutely thrilled to unveil a massive overhaul to how you handle non-billable time.
We’ve listened to your feedback, and we’ve delivered a suite of upgrades designed to make Busy Times smarter, faster, and way more colourful.
Here is the lowdown on the features that are about to become your practice manager’s best friend.
1. Multi-Practitioner Busy Times
What is it?
The ability to assign a single Busy Time event to multiple practitioners, or your whole team, in one go.
Why you’ll love it:
Gone are the days of the "click-repeat-sigh" cycle. Need to block out time for a team lunch, a training session, or a public holiday? Create the event once, select the relevant team members, and boom, it appears on everyone’s calendar instantly.
This is a game-changer for large teams looking to streamline schedule management.
2. Custom Busy Time Types
What is it?
You can now define custom categories for your busy times (e.g., Meetings, Lunch, CPD, Admin, Leave) complete with their own colours and productivity settings.
Why you’ll love it:
A generic grey block on a calendar doesn't tell you much. Is that practitioner at lunch? Are they in a critical meeting? With Busy Time Types, you get instant visual clarity.
- For practitioners: A colourful, easy-to-read week.
- For managers: Finally, you can report on how non-billable time is being spent. Differentiate between "Sick Leave" and "Learning Activities" to better understand workforce utilisation.
3. Smarter syncing & updates
What is it?
We’ve overhauled how Busy Times talk to the outside world and how they handle changes.
Why you’ll love it:
- Calendar sync: Your Busy Time types and notes now sync beautifully to Google Calendar and Outlook. No more mystery events appearing on your personal devices.
- Recurring harmony: Need to change the notes for just this Friday’s meeting, or all future meetings? Now you have the control to update recurring event notes properly, just like you would with appointments.
At a glance: How this helps your practice
We know you’re busy (pun intended), so here is the quick summary of why this update rocks:
- Massive time saver: Schedule team events in seconds, not minutes.
- Better reporting: accurately categorise non-billable time in your reporting to see where the hours go.
- Visual clarity: Colour-coded types make the calendar scannable and pretty.
- Seamless Integration: Improved syncing keeps your external calendars honest.
Ready to clean up your calendar?
We can’t wait to see how you use these new tools to organise your practice. By cutting down the admin noise, you get to focus on what matters most, delivering exceptional healthcare. Check out our help guides here.
