The Hidden Costs of Avoidable Days in Healthcare

ryanbush 02 22, 2023

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, with new technologies and innovations being introduced to improve patient outcomes and experiences. However, despite these advancements, the issue of avoidable days remains a significant challenge for hospitals. Avoidable days in healthcare refer to...

chris-lowder 01 04, 2023

Extended treatment times, overburdened healthcare professionals, and fractured communications are just a few challenges facing today’s complex healthcare system. Healthcare professionals are also plagued with long delays in clinical consultations. Accurate, prompt clinical consultations are essential to patient care. The...

nikkimanuel 12 28, 2022

In healthcare, every second counts. The ability to quickly respond to Code Blue situations, ease patient transfers, and seamlessly collaborate across healthcare teams is essential to achieve favorable patient outcomes. But clinical workflows are notoriously complex – often characterized by...

cheryl 12 21, 2022

Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is an issue that has plagued hospitals and patients alike for many years, and the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated the problem and created a sense of urgency for addressing it. ED overcrowding occurs when there is not...

ricardo-estrada 12 16, 2022

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...

will-oconnor 12 02, 2022

Healthcare has come a long way, but advancements like electronic health records (EHR) are limited in functionality. EHRs were designed as a record-keeping source for patient information and billing purposes. They cannot serve as an adequate communication platform for healthcare...

john-elms 11 16, 2022

The data universe is growing at unprecedented speed, with an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes created, captured, and shared every day. Experts predict this number to increase by more than 180 zettabytes by the end of 2025. While digital information enables...

chris-lowder 11 02, 2022

The healthcare industry suffers from a frightening amount of medical errors due to miscommunication. These preventable errors can lead to poor patient outcomes, avoidable costs, and malpractice cases. In addition, care teams can feel frustrated and burned out when communication...

myron 10 26, 2022

As technology advances quickly, healthcare organizations face additional challenges in ensuring patient privacy and the security of their information. In fact, security and compliance questions are the main barrier to the fast adoption of digital technology within the healthcare industry....

melody 10 17, 2022

Delivering top-notch care and achieving positive patient outcomes have become more difficult since the pandemic. Increased pressure on care teams has led to strained communication, stress, burnout, and preventable errors due to ineffective communication. With these obstacles, many organizations are...