Improving Patient Safety Through Unified Clinical Collaboration

will-oconnor 01 31, 2023

The healthcare industry is being tested like never before. Faced with an unprecedented number of patients, providers are challenged with too many cases and not enough time. Nurses, physicians, and other healthcare professionals are often overworked, which can impact clinical...

nikkimanuel 01 27, 2023

Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) play a vital role in healthcare. The specialized, round-the-clock care and rehabilitative services SNFs provide ease patient transitions and help them continue recovery after a hospital stay.   However, skilled nursing facilities are often a source of...

myron 01 20, 2023

Data privacy and security concerns are top of mind for healthcare leaders, and healthcare organizations face a growing challenge. Put simply, the reliance on digital technology to store and process protected healthcare information (PHI) is opening the door to many...

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...

melody 12 29, 2022

As the healthcare industry prepares for 2023, the adoption rate of healthcare technology will continue to accelerate – particularly clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) platforms. In 2022, our CC&C resources overwhelmingly resonated with readers. From guidance on finding the best...

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...