3 Benefits of Advanced Clinical Workflows in Alarm Management

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...

will-oconnor 02 16, 2022

EHRs have become the gold standard digital repository for managing patient histories, demographics, diagnoses, progress notes, vaccinations, medications, and more. These vital systems play a crucial role in clinical decision-making and help reduce medical errors by improving the accuracy of...

will-oconnor 10 28, 2021

While secure texting and EHR-embedded messaging closely resemble one another, clinical collaboration platforms and the EHR differ greatly and should be regarded as separate and equally necessary technologies. Proving this point are the hundreds of enterprise-level health systems and hospitals...

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...

john-elms 08 05, 2021

Imagine this scene – a nurse station is buzzing loudly in the Emergency Department. The on-call nurse is on hold with the operator to locate a cardiologist for her patient — multiple alarms ring, ding, and buzz from the station....

will-oconnor 10 26, 2020

As the gravity of lost revenue from COVID-19 hits home, hospitals and health systems are looking for any avenue they can find to offset the massive loss in revenue that came as elective procedures dried up and costs mounted for...

cheryl 01 09, 2019

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are central to putting the patient first. A good EHR system gives physicians, and nurses access to the accurate, up-to-date, and complete information they need to provide expert healthcare. One issue with using EHRs is integrating...

will-oconnor 09 12, 2018

The EHR is by far your hospital’s single biggest IT expenditure, but are you truly seeing a measurable return on that investment? As a system of record, the EHR holds valuable patient information. That’s the (relatively) easy part. The hard...

will-oconnor 08 02, 2017

Chief Medical Information Officer James McCabe, M.D., of Kennedy Health, had a common challenge facing many hospitals and healthcare systems today: Many of his physicians were texting patient information using personal devices. There was also a need to reduce inefficiencies...

chris 11 09, 2016

There has been a lot of talk recently about the shift in the healthcare industry towards value-based care. How do hospitals and other care organizations find ways to control costs while remaining profitable but also improving patient outcomes? An advanced,...