AIER Schedule vs. Amion for ED physician scheduling
Amion publishes your schedule. It does not build you a better one.
Amion is the incumbent in physician scheduling distribution. Most groups that use it are happy with what it does: it takes a finished schedule and gets it in front of everyone who needs it, reliably, at a low price.
The question is not whether Amion works. It is what happens before Amion — the hours a scheduler spends assembling the month, and whether anyone is checking that the result is survivable for the people working it.
Side by side
| Capability | Amion | AIER Schedule | Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publishing and distribution | Mature, widely adopted across hospitals | Web, mobile, and per-physician calendar feeds | |
| Who builds the schedule | Your scheduler, by hand or in Excel first | Automated build on Intelligence and above; manual on Essentials | |
| Fatigue / circadian analytics | Not offered | Circadian Alignment Index per physician and per schedule | |
| Import from Excel or PDF | Manual entry or template upload | Upload the file you already use; parsed and scored | |
| Swap handling | Swap board with manual approval | Swap requests plus one-tap approval from a calendar feed | |
| Price point | Low annual per-group cost | Flat monthly fee, no per-provider pricing | |
| Familiarity in hospitals | Very high — most attendings already have an account | New to most groups |
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Choose Amion if…
- • You already have a scheduler who enjoys building the month and only need distribution.
- • Cross-department, hospital-wide directory lookup matters more than schedule quality.
- • Your budget for scheduling software is essentially zero.
Choose AIER Schedule if…
- • Building the month is the bottleneck, not publishing it.
- • You want to see fatigue risk before you publish, not hear about it in an exit interview.
- • Your schedule lives in Excel or a PDF today and nobody analyzes it.
Migrating
Upload the Excel file or PDF you send to Amion today. AIER parses it, matches your roster, and returns a scored schedule in about a minute — no data entry, no commitment. Many groups run both in parallel for a month.
Score your current scheduleCommon questions
Can AIER Schedule replace Amion?
Yes for schedule building, publishing, swaps, and calendar sync within your group. Groups that rely on Amion as a hospital-wide directory across many departments often keep both during a transition.
Does AIER Schedule import an Amion schedule?
Yes. Export or print your current month to Excel, CSV, or PDF and upload it. The importer matches names against your roster and flags anything ambiguous before it writes.
How is AIER different from Amion?
Amion is primarily a distribution and directory tool. AIER builds the schedule, scores it for circadian fatigue risk, and then distributes it.