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Mark Allphin
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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is most definitely part of our long-term plans. The communication is...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

PerfectServe has just started a Lightning Bolt Scheduling college-type thing, so we can go in when...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

PerfectServe’s customer service is amazing. Lots of times, we haven't even realized there's an...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

There is definitely room for growth regarding the functionality. Our Lightning Bolt Scheduling...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Value

This program is a lot more expensive than our previous system. However, because of all the other...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

We're working with PerfectServe to see whether they can integrate with our payroll system. We want...

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Manager

Operations, Value

We spent a lot of time and energy developing the scheduling rules, and the ones we have are very...

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Manager

Product, Value

I don’t know whether bigger practices would need something this complicated or a solution like this,...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

I haven’t seen too much on the development side. I don’t know whether there is much to point to...

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Manager

Relationship

It is super easy for me to just pick up the phone or send an email to any of the contacts I have at...

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Manager

Product

Our physicians are very happy with the solution. We have been able to use the solution to help us...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Optimized scheduling is one of Lightning Bolt Scheduling's key strengths. I’m probably not the best...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

A centralized ticketing system in Lightning Bolt Scheduling would benefit everyone and reduce our...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

There are some basic functions that the Lightning Bolt Scheduling application doesn’t support that...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

PerfectServe has a new functionality that has been in the beta testing stage for some time. I’m not...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Value

I’m not aware of any unexpected costs from PerfectServe. There is a little lack of follow-through...

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Feb 2026

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

PerfectServe is available pretty much 24/7. When we have support calls, the technicians and actual...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

PerfectServe is constantly making changes and adding improvements, and they do that quite rapidly....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Value

With Telmediq, everybody gets everything, but Lightning Bolt Scheduling is more of a per-seat...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

With Lightning Bolt Scheduling, the vendor had live training sessions geared toward each group that...

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Physician

Relationship

PerfectServe has been quite good to work with, and their support has been very good. They have a...

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Nov 2025

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Physician

Product, Value

Scheduling transparency has been one of the biggest benefits that we have achieved with Lightning...

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Manager

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling produces outcomes. I would recommend Lightning Bolt Scheduling. One of the...

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Manager

Relationship

PerfectServe has been very helpful. Our PerfectServe representatives that we have had and worked...

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Manager

Operations, Product

Our call schedule is so complex with building rules to schedule. I don't know that that is...

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Physician

Product, Value

Lightning Bolt Scheduling has helped us create the schedule easier. It takes some work in the...

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Physician

Operations

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is relatively straightforward. We didn’t have to set it up alone. A...

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Physician

Relationship

Every time we have had an issue, PerfectServe has been quite timely. They are very responsive.

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Manager

Operations, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is highly customizable and easy to use. We can make it look the way we...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

PerfectServe recently rolled out an integration with Microsoft Outlook. That is great because...

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Nurse

Relationship

PerfectServe is fantastic with support. The technical support person who is assigned to our account...

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Nurse

Product

The solution's audit trail is terrible. When it comes to overall effectiveness, I'm super happy with...

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Nurse

Operations, Product

The system is very easy for end users to use because of the way we built it out, but for me and my...

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Nurse

Product, Value

With Lightning Bolt Scheduling, things have been great. We have very few problems. I would...

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Physician

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is not integrated with any of our internal server software. Everything is...

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Physician

Relationship, Value

PerfectServe’s involvement is pretty good right now. They provide a good service. In spite of some...

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Physician

Product, Value

PerfectServe promised that most of the schedule would be done by automatic generation, and that is...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Operations

I don't have any issues with Lightning Bolt Scheduling right now. I like that the vendor has...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is a really great system to use to schedule physicians. Our scheduling...

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Manager

Product

The only area we believe could benefit from improvement is the Lightning Bold Scheduling mobile app....

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Manager

Relationship, Product

Overall, our organization is very satisfied with Lightning Bolt Scheduling. We find the support and...

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Manager

Relationship

Our customer service representative is a miracle and deserves a promotion or a raise. We have been...

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CMIO

Product

We would like PerfectServe to roll out a learner platform for Lightning Bolt Scheduling because...

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CMIO

Relationship

PerfectServe is still among the top two market leaders in our area. We haven't had any trouble with...

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CMIO

Operations, Product

We haven't had any disruptions or things like that with the system's upgrades in a long time. A...

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Oct 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Operations

Lightning Bolt Scheduling has been an easy system for our operations people and other physicians to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling meets our needs because of the integration with our clinical communication...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

I like the reliability of Lightning Bolt Scheduling and the ability to schedule many months in...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty, Product

In Lightning Bolt Scheduling, there is a particular view that I want PerfectServe to do away with,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Culture, Relationship, Value

I met with some of PerfectServe's top people recently. Additionally, PerfectServe is available when...

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CMIO

Operations, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is very customizable and complex. It is complicated from a workflow...

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CMIO

Relationship

PerfectServe has been a very receptive partner, as opposed to certain other vendors who have been a...

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Manager

Product, Value

With the things that Lightning Bolt Scheduling is able to generate, we don't have to use as much...

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Manager

Product

Once we set guidelines and rules, Lightning Bolt Scheduling should alert us when those rules can't...

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Manager

Relationship

I have talked to a few of the higher-ups at PerfectServe throughout our process because of all the...

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Manager

Product

There is supposed to be an integration between Lightning Bolt Scheduling and PerfectServe, and we...

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Manager

Culture, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling works as promoted, but I also didn't see a vendor demonstration. I just...

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Director

Product

We have tried revamping the solution, but we have had lots of issues when it comes to the usability...

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Director

Relationship, Product

PerfectServe is good at communicating that they need to do upgrades. There seem to be a lot of...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

I can't find anything with Lightning Bolt Scheduling that is superior to our previous product. Our...

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Director

Relationship

I have a designated support person at PerfectServe, but several of them have turned over recently. I...

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Director

Relationship

PerfectServe is less proactive with Lightning Bolt Scheduling than with their other products. With...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

We have had issues with Lightning Bolt Scheduling generating what we need, so we don't know what the...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

We generally use Lightning Bolt Scheduling to generate a schedule, and that should be ready to go...

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Manager

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling doesn't meet our needs. The rules behind things are breaking. We have some...

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Manager

Product

I would love to see improvements to Lightning Bolt Scheduling. When we have calls about advancing,...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling has its pros, but right now, we are having ongoing issues. We are...

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Manager

Product

Whether I would recommend Lightning Bolt Scheduling would depend on the organization. I firmly...

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Manager

Product, Value

Lightning Bolt Scheduling works for certain things, so I would not be opposed to purchasing it...

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Manager

Relationship

PerfectServe meets with us regularly. Whether fixes get done in a timely manner is a different...

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Manager

Loyalty, Relationship

PerfectServe is always so willing to work with us. They hear us out when we give them suggestions on...

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Manager

Operations, Product

There are a lot of tips, tricks, and hacks that we can do with Lightning Bolt Scheduling, but unless...

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Manager

Operations, Product

The web version of the solution could be a lot more user-friendly. If someone doesn't know what the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations, Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is incredibly user friendly. I know that it can seem intimidating to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship, Product

PerfectServe's team is phenomenal to work with. PerfectServe's people really take the time to make...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

It would be helpful if Lightning Bolt Scheduling had a way to integrate with our other EHRs. From...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

Generally speaking, PerfectServe definitely needs better after-hours support because there is no one...

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Director

Relationship

PerfectServe is working on their support. They have 24-hour customer service with the full ability...

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Director

Product

I think there are some limitations with Lightning Bolt Scheduling as well as pain points that arise,...

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Director

Relationship

I don't think PerfectServe realizes at times that things are broken until the customer tells them....

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Director

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling is technology driven, so I don't really need people for things, but...

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Director

Operations

I probably would rank Lightning Bolt Scheduling’s training differently based on who PerfectServe was...

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Director

Loyalty, Product

I think there is some ability for PerfectServe to integrate their systems a little more. For...

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Manager

Relationship, Operations

In the beginning, training was abundant, and there were people at our beck and call. Now,...

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Manager

Operations, Product

The tutorial system in the help section of Lightning Bolt Scheduling is phenomenal, but we have...

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Manager

Product

I don't know a lot of scheduling software programs, but Lightning Bolt Scheduling is far better than...

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Manager

Relationship, Product

There are some things I would change, but I don't think those are things that can change. They are...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling’s biggest strength that our users like is that our schedules are...

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Manager

Culture, Value

The vendor doesn't nickel-and-dime us for changes. Of course, when one provider is removed, another...

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Jun 2025

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Manager

Relationship, Product

The past year has been very good. PerfectServe is very responsive. We have added some providers and...

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Manager

Operations, Product

PerfectServe has done multiple upgrades, but those don't affect what we are doing. We do pretty...

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Manager

Operations

PerfectServe has done a really great job of onboarding and training us. They offered to go through...

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Director

Relationship

When I need help from PerfectServe's support, they are right on top of things. Multiple people will...

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Director

Value

PerfectServe doesn't charge for everything. They are wonderful. Using Lightning Bolt Scheduling is a...

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Director

Relationship, Operations

The upgrades for Lightning Bolt Scheduling are seamless. We cannot tell that anything was changed....

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Director

Relationship, Product

PerfectServe needs to find a way to program HIPAA compliance into their programs to expand it.

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Director

Product

I like that we can build a call schedule more than a year in advance in Lightning Bolt Scheduling....

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Manager

Loyalty, Product

With the way we are utilizing Lightning Bolt Scheduling, we have outgrown its capabilities. The...

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Manager

Operations

I don't get a lot of communication about upgrades from PerfectServe, but the initial implementation...

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Manager

Relationship, Product, Value

Lightning Bolt Scheduling has worked for us, and it has met our needs for a long time. It is...

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Director

Product

In Lightning Bolt Scheduling, some information on a prior day or a future day has to be combined...

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Director

Relationship, Operations

PerfectServe tells us regularly that they are doing upgrades. They warn us. We get notified of...

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Director

Operations

We haven’t had any ongoing training from PerfectServe. Additionally, I haven’t seen any new...

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Director

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling’s biggest strengths are its ease of use and the ease of being able to tell...

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Director

Product

I would like Lightning Bolt Scheduling to report if some information is missing that we are...

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Physician

Relationship

Once in a while, we will have a glitch in Lightning Bolt Scheduling, but we call and just sort it...

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Physician

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling works in a way that we don’t just let the program generate the schedule....

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Physician

Product

Lightning Bolt Scheduling allows us to make a call schedule and keep the tallies so everybody is...

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Director

Relationship

I don't have much contact with PerfectServe because Lightning Bolt Scheduling is pretty...

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Director

Product

We would like old employees to be removed from our queue completely. Right now, they just stay in...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product, Value

It has taken us a while to get all of our rules down, and there isn't an easy flow to change a rule....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

We have some hiccups with the system once in a while, but from our providers' point of view, the...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

PerfectServe is awesome at sending out notifications about when they are going to do upgrades. They...

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Director

Operations

PerfectServe does a great job with training. They have tons of opportunities where we can do...

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Director

Value

Lightning Bolt Scheduling 100% drives tangible outcomes. We have already exceeded our substantial...

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Director

Relationship

We have people from PerfectServe who are assigned to our organization for support. We use the...

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Director

Culture, Relationship

PerfectServe is the only vendor in our portfolio that keeps all of their promises. I have a tendency...

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Manager

Operations

PerfectServe did a great job with our implementation. They stuck to the right timelines to gather...

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Manager

Product

We have had one provider who has built our schedules by hand for a long time, and they have balanced...

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Manager

Product

We are not dissatisfied with Lightning Bolt Scheduling, but the system can only prioritize so many...

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Manager

Product

I prefer the view that I am able to see in the web-based version of the system to what providers see...

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Manager

Loyalty, Product, Value

We would 100% buy Lightning Bolt Scheduling again. It has worked exactly the way we have wanted it...

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Manager

Culture, Value

With PerfectServe, we pay an annual fee, and we haven't seen any charges beyond what we have agreed...

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Manager

Product

The web-based admin side of Lightning Bolt Scheduling is easy, but our goal was to make it easy for...

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Manager

Operations, Product

We stay up-to-date on the updates for Lightning Bolt Scheduling. PerfectServe pushes updates...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

We had some very minor struggles with the implementation, but I don’t know how many implementations...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product

I find the Lightning Bolt Scheduling interface to be a little bit less intuitive than the one in...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Operations

PerfectServe was very proactive and made sure that they gave us training materials and...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Loyalty

We have some bugs that we are still working out with Lightning Bolt Scheduling. There are...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Product, Value

The functionality of Lightning Bolt Scheduling is great. The hospitals alone had multiple people...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Relationship

I love the tremendous support we have from PerfectServe. The support alone is just paramount. If we...

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