The University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus is located at the western tip of the Point Grey Peninsula, only 30 minutes from the heart of downtown Vancouver. The University of British Columbia holds an international reputation for excellence in advanced research and learning. The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, is an academic department dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge pertaining to mental disorders, through the provision of exemplary clinical care, teaching, and research. The department promotes excellence in patient care and in the provision of mental health services through its affiliated clinical programs.

The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine was using a dated home grown DOS application to handle facility, service and audio/visual equipment scheduling. The application's design still had a few bugs while the interface was not internet friendly. These issues made the system unreliable and not easily accessible by all internal staff as the application had to be installed on each user's computer. System administration and support for the legacy system was a constant issue for the Faculty of Medicine staff.

Book King's Scheduling Module allowed the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine to implement and retire their out-dated DOS system in less than a week. The Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine can now offer a self-service scheduling system to all internal staff without having to deploy software. Book King's intuitive web interface allowed the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine staff to quickly adopt the new system without having to attend time consuming training sessions. Error free scheduling and ability to produce reports have already saved staff considerable administrative time.

"After months of searching for a replacement for our two legacy booking systems I was becoming disappointed about what was on the market. I therefore approached Book King with a great deal of skepticism, which was replaced by excitement, each time I found out it could be adapted to our needs, rather than our needing to adapt to the software. The staff has been helpful, from setting up the first demonstration to the final "tweaking" to our needs. After a mere three days of using both Book King and our legacy systems, I shut down the old systems." Colin Bryant, Computer System Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC

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