Seven Big Problems with Pagers in Healthcare

Pagers are problematic in healthcare. Several leading institutions note that their physicians have missed pages. Here are a few of the findings from important research studies on the problems with pagers:

• Pagers cost over $1.7 M per year in lost productivity
• Many users prefer smart device platform over pagers
• Pagers lack encryption
• Pagers are increasingly run on an aging infrastructure that is not being updated