3 Pitfalls to Avoid in Nurse and Physician Communication

cheryl 04 28, 2022

Collaboration is key to success in any organization, but even more so in healthcare. Speed to care is a critical driver, especially when treating patients with severe conditions. Nurse and physician communication must be in sync to share insights and...

myron 04 22, 2022

People who have worked on a care delivery team have a different definition of the word “collaboration” from their peers in the corporate world. While collaborating on the design of a product, for example, is broadly analogous to collaborating on...

ricardo-estrada 04 13, 2022

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...

will-oconnor 04 06, 2022

In our previous post, How Alarm Management Brings Additional Value to Your EHR, we explored how TigerConnect Alarm Management & Event Notification brings value to your EHR without disrupting existing clinical systems. Now, let’s examine how integrating alarm management and...

chris-lowder 03 25, 2022

40 - 80 percent of the medical information provided by healthcare practitioners is forgotten immediately. Almost half of the information that is remembered is incorrect. In the status-quo patient-provider relationship, communications between patients and physicians can feel like a one-way...

karri 03 24, 2022

The annual HIMSS22 conference in Orlando, FL, was a welcome return to in-person events with insightful sessions covering healthcare topics, such as data and information, health equity, and the patient experience. Healthcare industry leaders gathered to "reimagine health" amid the...

ricardo-estrada 03 18, 2022

Patient communication is a critical piece of any effective care plan. Research shows that care plan adherence goes up when patients receive clear communications. For example, a 2021 study found that communication interventions at discharge were significantly associated with fewer...

peggydenness 03 16, 2022

Recently, Will O’Connor, M.D. sat down with Dr. Shafiq Rab to talk about how Tufts Medicine, formerly Wellforce, Inc., is using TigerConnect Clinical Collaboration solutions to connect physicians, nurses, and patients for greater efficiency and care delivery. As Chief Digital...

ricardo-estrada 03 14, 2022

When it comes to the hospital environment, nurses have their hands full. They manage intake, monitor patients, administer medication, coordinate and deliver care, maintain records, and when there’s a crisis – nurses are on the front lines. There’s no question...

justin-wampach 03 10, 2022

If you are a Residency Director or an incoming Chief Resident you’ve likely heard horror stories about the process of creating block schedules and then aligning your residents into appropriate rotations to ensure all of their program requirements are met....