The Cost of Secure Texting Stands Up Well Compared to Pagers
Compared to the cost of maintaining a pager service, the cost of secure texting stands up well. Using data from more than 5,000 medical facilities that have already implemented TigerConnect’s secure texting solution, we calculated that the average cost of replacing pagers used by nurses was less than $5.00 per user, per month. Even in an average-sized medical facility, this would represent a considerable saving.
Unlike paging systems, TigerConnect’s secure texting solution operates through an existing cloud-based “Software-as-a-Service” platform and therefore has no set-up costs for hardware or additional servers. Healthcare organizations will not have to dedicate the resources of an entire IT department to install TigerConnect and, due to the apps’ familiar text-like interface, medical professionals will require minimal training on their use.
In more than 5,000 medical facilities – including in five of the top ten for-profit healthcare systems – TigerConnect has proven itself as a reliable, versatile and compliant secure texting solution. Healthcare organizations find the solution helps them to comply with HIPAA, increase productivity and reduce operating costs. Gene Thomas – the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the Memorial Hospital of Gulfport told us: “Since deployment, we’re saving hundreds of thousands of dollars using TigerConnect.”