Diamond mining is recognized as a dangerous occupation, causing serious accidents for mineworkers across the globe. Often times, these incidents turn out to be fatal because the victim didn’t receive immediate care from first responders. However, implementing incident communications can minimize the impact of these accidents by large, international organizations. In our latest case study, … Continued
National Health Service’s (NHS) recent announcement on the ban of the pager represents great news for U.K. healthcare organizations and their practitioners. The ban not only represents a transformative move, it also showcases pagers’ lackluster performance in providing secure, clinical communications. Now that pagers are making their way out of U.K. facilities, I’ll highlight what … Continued
What do VHS players and Tamagotchis have in common with the pager? It’s simple, they’re old pieces of technology that were popular in the ‘90s. It’s no longer the “Saved by the Bell” years and doctors need to get with the times by ditching their hammer pants, fanny packs … and pagers! By saying goodbye … Continued
We all know the phrase, “New year, new me.” However, for hackers, this mantra has long been forgotten. Regardless of the year, malicious parties will continue to find innovative and new ways to target the healthcare industry. That’s why in 2019, healthcare facilities should be aware of the cybersecurity threats plaguing the industry, with criminals … Continued
It’s no secret that we, at OnPage, are passionate about healthcare and the clinical professionals that make the industry go ‘round. It’s through our appetite for this industry, which lead us to publish several, interesting blogs about healthcare and its related topics in 2018. It’s been a successful year and we look forward to 2019, … Continued
At many points in a hospital’s functioning, workflow touches the outcome. The problem facing much of healthcare though is that the established workflow for alerting and messaging physicians is broken. What are ways for improving scheduling doctors? What are the potential impacts from improvement? Improving hospital workflow is hindered due to poor on call scheduling Scheduling … Continued
We have often written on this blog about problems with pagers, including how pager use causes significant privacy issues for the doctors who use them and the patients whose data is exchanged. We have described how pagers prevent physicians from being able to immediately contacting their colleagues while simultaneously hindering a virtuous workflow. Turns out … Continued
The threats posed by unencrypted pagers We recently had a chance to interview Adam Greene, a lawyer in Washington D.C. with the firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. One of Adam’s most intriguing cases occurred in 2014 with a hospital client. This hospital’s doctors and staff used pagers to routinely communicate about a patient’s status or … Continued
At last month’s HIMSS17 conference in Orlando, Florida, OnPage Corporation received an award for the top-ranked Mobile Healthcare Communications platform. For the first time, OnPage Corporation has been named the top-ranked Mobile Healthcare Communications platform for the healthcare industry by Black Book Research. The award was given at the HIMSS17 Conference in Orlando, Florida in … Continued
Vodafone made news this week for selling its pager business to Capita making the latter the only service provider for the much loved but antiquated pagers in Britain. Pager users are moving towards smartphones and the infrastructure supporting pagers is diminishing. It only makes sense to make the change now. OnPage is here to offer … Continued
