Four Ways Care Team Collaboration Helps Skilled Nursing Facilities

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...

harish 04 26, 2022

Doctors’ offices, clinics, urgent care facilities, and other medical outposts are the front lines of healthcare. That’s where patients have most of their regular interactions with caregivers. Efforts to transform relationships between healthcare consumers and the industry at large must...

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...

will-oconnor 01 21, 2022

Critical lab work always seems so easy on TV. A doctor yells out, “Get me a full workup, stat!” and the next thing you know, the patient is getting exactly the treatment they need. Cut to commercial. In real life,...

tigertextadmin 10 08, 2021

Think about the last time you communicated with someone. Maybe you sent a friend a quick text message to say you’re running late for dinner. Simple, direct communication. Now, think about the last time that you communicated with a patient....

tigertextadmin 09 15, 2021

The annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference is always a source for innovative thinking on the future of technology—and the 2021 event was no exception. Although attendance at in-person sessions was lower than in previous years due...

cheryl 09 01, 2021

Founded more than a century ago, Geisinger is a regional health system that includes primary care and specialist practices, trauma centers, and hospitals. Because of the complex, distributed nature of Geisinger's clinical operations, effective communication is vital. Working with TigerConnect...

chris 08 19, 2021

In June, TigerConnect hosted the second annual TigerConnect User Summit, a space for TigerConnect clients to share how they are modernizing care team collaboration. With over 200 registered attendees and speakers from three different health organizations, the TigerConnect User Summit...

will-oconnor 08 12, 2021

Clinical workflows enable doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate effectively and provide the best quality care for their patients. Each caregiver on the team has a unique and critical part to play. The communication between team members who...

julie 07 16, 2021

When it comes to a natural disaster like a hurricane, sound alarm management notifies people in time should they need to evacuate a high-risk area. Similarly, clinical alarm management refers to how a healthcare team responds to unfavorable changes in...