Do you know how pager inefficiencies impact your hospital ? Hospital paging system use reached its zenith in 1994. While pager use has dropped in the ensuing 23 years, cellphone use by physicians has becomes near ubiquitous with recent findings showing that 91% of physicians owned a smartphone and 88% used their mobile devices frequently in the … Continued
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Risks of insecure texting in healthcare Many hospitals understand the limits of pagers in hindering communications. They see how pagers inhibit a robust communication system for the institution. As BYOD (bring your own device) increases in popularity, doctors are increasingly turning to texting as an easy way to communicate with one another and exchange patient information. … Continued
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Studying the impediments to effective hospital workflow is at the top of the agenda for many hospital administrators’ lists. This is because inefficiencies are costly. One of the major contributors to these inefficiencies is insecure text messaging. In fact, over $11 billion is wasted each year due to the inefficiency of pagers and the lack … Continued
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Use a Cisco Tropo integration with OnPage to create a dedicated phone What is an OnPage-Cisco Tropo dedicated line? OnPage’s built-in critical messaging is great at providing customers with the mechanisms to communicate with their team members and colleagues through rich notifications. However we at OnPage thought we could improve on to the user experience by … Continued
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Being unavailable when your client experiences a technology service disruption can cost your client time, money and business. In fact, according to a 2012 study by Aberdeen Research Group, just one hour of downtime can cost a small business $6,900! In addition, it may cause significant damage to your own business’s reputation. Here are just … Continued
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5 Ways to automate alert management in ConnectWise MSPs automate a lot of processes to streamline their business. These processes include items like recurring billing and maintenance updates to client infrastructure. However, one area that needs automation but is often ignored is the alerting process. Alerting is a critical component of incident management. While you … Continued
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MSP Best Practices to add to your offerings When you look in from the outside, it might appear that all MSPs are the same. And, indeed, much of what one MSP offers is rather similar to that which is offered by a competitor. As such, strong relationships between your MSP and client are very important … Continued
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HIMSS17 closed last Thursday with a final salvo from Shark Tank hosts Robert Herjavec and Kevin O’Leary. Their closing remarks were very much in line with the themes of the conference: Security – Need to improve security of hospital systems to prevent hacking Workflow – Ensure a true digitization of health care records and upgrade … Continued
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Sunday night’s stunning victory by the New England Patriots over the Atlanta Falcons was a real nail biter. At the end of the first half, I had been ready to call it quits and avoid the pain of watching my favorite hometown team get destroyed by Atlanta. Atlanta was ahead 21-3. I missed Lady Gaga because … Continued
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Without workflow in healthcare, data is just a bottleneck In the weeks leading up to HIMSS I have been trying to get a pulse on the themes that will be driving the conversation at the Conference. One of the themes I have heard discussed at length is the concept of improving workflow in healthcare. Workflow … Continued
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