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How Hospitals Can Safely & Effectively Continue Patient Care Amid Rising Cybersecurity Risks

by Andrew Brooks, M.D., Co-Founder and CMO at TigerConnect 03/14/2023 Leave a Comment

The world we live in is becoming increasingly integrated, and as it does, the amount of data also increases. It is estimated that 2.5 quintillion bytes – that’s 2,500,00,00,000 million, for perspective – are created, captured, and shared every day, and experts predict that number will grow exponentially in the coming years. Estimates show that the healthcare industry generates about 30% of the world’s data volume. That number is expected to reach a compound annual growth rate of 36% within the
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Quality vs. Quantity: The Case for Clinician-Centric Technology

by Shiv Gopalkrishnan, General Manager, EMR & Care Management, Philips 10/18/2022 Leave a Comment

Quality vs. Quantity: The Case for Clinician-Centric Technology

Care providers continue to face mounting pressures – from increasing staffing shortages to balancing patient needs across in-person and virtual settings and managing pent-up patient demand. Rather than navigating through fragmented digital solutions that feed care providers disparate data, more and more clinicians now rely on connected technology to access the care context, i.e. the right patient data translated into reliable actionable insights at the right point in their workflow.  To truly
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Bon Secours Mercy Health Goes Live on PerfectServe to Transform Nursing Workflows

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/28/2022 Leave a Comment

Bon Secours Mercy Health Goes Live on PerfectServe to Transform Nursing Workflows

What You Should Know: - PerfectServe®, a leading provider of cloud-based clinical collaboration and provider scheduling solutions, recently announced the successful go-live of a project at Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health that utilizes its Clinical Collaboration solution to transform clinical workflows for nurses. - Bon Secours Mercy Health is a long-time PerfectServe customer and is one of the top five largest Catholic health systems in the United States. Reinventing Nursing
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How Patient Movement Benefits from Standardized Acuity Scoring

by Dr. Martin Sellberg, Co-Founder of Motient 05/24/2022 Leave a Comment

How Patient Movement Benefits from Standardized Acuity Scoring

Nurses and providers typically assess patient acuity and volume at the beginning of their shift, whether formally or informally. Managers use patient acuity to balance nursing assignments, and nursing staff uses it to determine which patient care action should be prioritized next. Taking a standardized approach to acuity assessments not only provides more objectivity, but also gives hospitals the data they need to make a variety of tactical and strategic decisions, from daily unit staffing to
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Gaps in Clinical Communication, Document Exchange Lead to Gaps in Care

by John Harrison, Chief Commercial Officer of Concord Technologies 12/28/2020 Leave a Comment

Gaps in Clinical Communication, Document Exchange Lead to Gaps in Care

Communication problems and inadequate information flow are two of the most common root causes of medical errors. The potential for miscommunication and faulty exchange of information in healthcare is substantial.  Consider: patient information is dispersed among multiple providers and payers along the continuum of care. Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and other clinical systems do not capture patient information or format medical documentation in a standardized manner. In an environment with
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Vocera Acquires Secure Communications Platform EASE Applications

by Fred Pennic 08/19/2020 Leave a Comment

Vocera Acquires Secure Communications Platform EASE Applications

What You Should Know: - Today Vocera Communications acquires EASE Applications, a provider of a secure communication platform and mobile application that delivers updates, messages to patients’ loved ones, during surgeries and at other times. - The Orlando-based EASE offers a cloud-based service that is built to improve the patient experience by enabling friends and family members to receive timely updates about the progress of loved ones in the hospitals. Care team members can send
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Top 60 Health IT/Digital Health Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019

by Fred Pennic 12/27/2019 Leave a Comment

Kareo Sells Managed Billing Services Business to Health Prime International

- From Google's acquisition of Fitbit to Philips acquisition of Carestream Health's health IT business, here is a look at some of the biggest health IT/digital health mergers & acquisitions in 2019 by each quarter. Q1 M&A Activity Johnson & Johnson Acquires Auris Health for $3.4B to Expand Digital Surgery Portfolio Johnson & Johnson acquiresAuris Health, a developer of robotic technologies for $3.4 billion in cash. Auris Health is a privately-held developer of
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XSOLIS Acquires Real-Time, Secure Messaging Platform MEDarchon

by Jasmine Pennic 11/20/2019 Leave a Comment

XSOLIS Acquires HIPAA Compliant Secure Messaging Platform MEDarchon

- XSOLIS acquires MEDarchon, a health tech firm focused on HIPAA-compliant, real-time secure messaging for hospitals.- The MEDarchon acquisition will extend its operational impact within the hospital and gives new modalities to support nurses and physicians for XSOLIS.- MEDarchon clients will experience no immediate change in service or support.XSOLIS, a Nashville, TN-based company channeling healthcare data into predictive intelligence and action, today announced that it has acquired MEDarchon,
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QliqSOFT Launches GPS-Enabled Post-Acute Care Delivery Resource Management App

by Jasmine Pennic 11/04/2019 Leave a Comment

QliqSOFT Launches GPS-Enabled Post-Acute Care Delivery Resource Management App

- QliqSOFT launches its home health nurse distress notification-enabled mobile care-delivery app, Visit Path, at the 2019 National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Conference. - New post-acute visit management app provides real-time business-enhancing delivery-data and instant distress notification for hospice and home healthcare agencies.QliqSOFT, a secure, HIPAA-compliant clinical communication solutions, today announced the launch of its home health nurse distress notification-enabled
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Vocera Vina Smartphone App Launches to Optimize Patient Safety

by Jasmine Pennic 09/04/2019 Leave a Comment

Vocera Vina Smartphone App Launches to Optimize Patient Safety

- Vocera Vina smartphone app launches to help improve clinical communications and enhance patient safety by reducing the clerical burdens that lead to burnout. - The customizable communication app presents prioritized patient-centric calls, secure messages, and alerts in a unified inbox, and provides an intuitive user experience for clinicians inside and outside the hospital. - Drawing from the hospital EHR, this the vendor-agnostic platform works alongside all other Vocera products to
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