Solving Alarm Management Complexities at Yale New Haven Hospital

  • timothy-beglin

    Solving Alarm Management Complexities at Yale New Haven Hospital

    Care teams face constant pressure to deliver high-quality care. A significant hurdle in achieving this expectation is the overwhelming number of false alarms generated by patient monitoring equipment, which make up to 90% of all alarms in critical-care monitoring. These nonstop beeps...

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  • melody

    Rethinking Care Team Communication at Providence Saint John’s Health Center

    At Providence Saint John's Health Center, time is everything. As a Comprehensive Stroke Center and STEMI receiving center, where speed is a determinant of patient outcomes, Dr. Russ Kino, medical director of emergency services and chief medical informatics officer, knows...

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  • will-oconnor

    Improving Patient Safety Through Unified Clinical Collaboration

    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...

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  • julie

    Let’s Talk About Clinical Interruptions and How We Can Help

    Today’s acute care nurses are carrying a heavy burden, punctuated by an ever-increasing workload, high patient-to-staff ratios, not to mention the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This burden is compounded by longstanding challenges associated with distractions, stressful shifts, workplace...

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  • tigertextadmin

    Demand for a Chief Patient Experience Officer

    Over the last 25 years, technology wizards have conjured noteworthy changes in healthcare operations through powerful technologies, such as: Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems Telehealth Big Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Wearable devices that track and record health data 3D printing...

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  • tigertextadmin

    7 Benefits of Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

    Yes, we still have nurses, and yes, we still have computers. And Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and Meaningful Use incentives and cloud computing. And of course, we have a lot of unhappy clinicians, driven to flammable frustration by inefficient...

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  • julie

    Importance of Teamwork and Collaboration in Nursing for Improving Patient Care

    Importance of Teamwork and Collaboration in Nursing for Improving Patient Care

    Healthcare is supposed to be a team effort in which physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, and other care team members work collaboratively to address patient needs. But that’s not always the case in hospitals, especially given the current talent...

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