Timothy Beglin, Clinical Nursing Consultant

Care teams face constant pressure to deliver high-quality care. A significant hurdle in achieving this expectation is the overwhelming number of false alarms generated by patient monitoring equipment, which make up to 90% of all alarms in critical-care monitoring. These nonstop beeps...

When it comes to healthcare IT, the allure of immediate cost savings can sometimes lead organizations down a path fraught with challenges. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems that offer built-in chat tools appear to be a straightforward way to streamline...

Healthcare leaders understand the critical role that Electronic Health Records (EHRs) play in managing patient information and improving care delivery. EHRs offer a multitude of functions and benefits, such as order entries, preventing duplicate testing, and alerting providers to potential...

Electronic health records (EHR) were intended to store patient records, which, though helpful, leaves a lot to be desired. Hospitals run around the clock with zero time to waste, so unexpected EHR downtime within a hospital system can be catastrophic....

Every second counts in the emergency department (ED), and a quick and accurate diagnosis is often the key to saving lives. Diagnostic labs are performed on 56% of patients in the ED, and numerous hospitals still depend on obsolete communication systems,...

Sepsis, the body’s extreme response to an infection, is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sepsis is responsible for more than 350,000 adult deaths in the United States each year, a...