Ricardo Estrada, Senior Product Marketing Manager at TigerConnect

It’s been estimated that healthcare spending in the US alone recently surpassed $4 trillion. While various factors contribute to this astronomical figure, one prominent issue is the lack of interoperability among healthcare systems and providers. Despite the rapid advancements in...

The primary goal in healthcare is to deliver the best possible care to patients. This requires effective communication and collaboration among care team members, including patients and their families. In rehabilitation facilities, this becomes even more crucial as patients require...

In 2022, almost 55 percent of physician offices in the US reported that their patient visit volumes exceeded their volumes of 2021. With the volume of patients to manage increasing to pre-pandemic levels, it is becoming more challenging for practices...

Many healthcare organizations use portals to communicate with patients, which are cumbersome and don’t provide the best user experience needed for efficient provider-to-patient communication. Patients prefer having a direct conversation with their physician without having to deal with downloading an...

The patient handoff process is a sensitive period, rife with potential error. According to the Joint Commission, most serious medical errors involve miscommunication during patient handoffs between providers and care settings.¹ Whether transitioning care to another shift, team, or organization,...

Ask any practice administrator how they feel about their clinic’s physician scheduling process. They might grimace as hours spent in spreadsheets, archaic systems, multiple channels for change requests, and frequent miscommunications come to mind. Manual methods for managing physician schedules...

Have you ever collaborated in a live Google Doc while others watched your every sentence, edit, and move? I found that this often slows down my workflows and creates a slight panic - especially when I receive comments and feedback...

When a patient doesn’t show up to a doctor’s appointment, it costs everyone time, energy, and money. Patients don’t receive the medical care they need, and doctors lose time they could have spent tending to other patients on their lists....

The Connected Care Team podcast recently had the pleasure of speaking with Brent Steineckert at Sharp HealthCare. As the Director of Access, Electronic Health Records, and Health Information, Brent oversees the integration of technology and clinical operations to make his...

From misdiagnoses to costly and even life-threatening mistakes, medical safety experts have found that poor communications result in 1.7 billion in malpractice costs and almost 2,000 preventable deaths annually. While hospitals and specialty clinics may have best-in-class care professionals and...