Why EHR Communication Falls Short in Urgent Situations

Why EHR Communication Falls Short in Urgent Situations

ByWill O'Connor M.D.

EHR vendors advise against using EHR chat for urgent communications, and explicitly state that EHR chat should not be used for emergency communications. Care teams are only as fast as their communication tools allow them to be. To speed care delivery in an emergency, you need tools that go beyond clunky chat interfaces. A clinical communication and collabroation (CC&C) paltform helps hospitals achieve greater efficiency around critical response workflows (like code blue, sepsis, STEMIs, strokes, and critical labs) to ultimately deliver better care, faster.

Penn State Health Improves Communication with TigerConnect Role-Based Messaging

Penn State Health Improves Communication with TigerConnect Role-Based Messaging

ByRyan Bush

The healthcare system faces a tough road ahead, as providers and hospitals are challenged with more patients than ever before. Increasingly, facilities are realizing the key to improving quality of care lies in more effective clinical communication and collaboration across both providers and patients. This blog explores how Penn State Health overcame its challenges through the power of TigerConnect.

How to Develop a Nursing Care Plan for Your Hospital

How to Develop a Nursing Care Plan for Your Hospital

ByNikki Manuel

Care plans are part of the core curriculum in most nursing schools. Yet, new hospital nurses often complain that despite all the hype and time spent learning how to make a nursing care plan, they never do it again after graduation. As a nursing leader, you might not have written one for a while, either. Why should you start now?

Don’t Fall Behind… Streamline First Case On-Time Starts in the OR

Don’t Fall Behind… Streamline First Case On-Time Starts in the OR

ByRyan Bush

A recent study noted that 40 – 50 million surgeries take place in the US yearly. The list of patients needing surgery in the OR is getting longer, which is why First Case On-Time Starts for the first surgery of the day are so critical. The more delayed the first surgery, the greater the backlog throughout the day. This causes frustration among staff and patients, drives unnecessary costs, and can impact patient care. Integrated communication and collaboration in this environment are critical to getting things started off right.

Improving OR Turnover to Boost Surgical Workflows and Drive Revenue

Improving OR Turnover to Boost Surgical Workflows and Drive Revenue

ByRyan Bush

The Operating Room (OR) is a key success metric of any hospital – with the average operating room costing $21 – $133 per minute, it’s imperative to hospital revenue that OR costs are kept low. It’s also one of the most important departments, with OR speed and efficiency critical to serving more patients and improving patient outcomes. TigerConnect can help speed turnover times in the OR– accelerating communication, boosting collaboration, and reducing errors and delays across the surgical team.

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