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CMIO at TigerConnect – Will O’Connor is an orthopedic surgeon by trade. He brings significant clinical experience and extensive knowledge of the inefficiencies plaguing our healthcare system from outdated technology to outmoded processes. He has helped large health systems, academic medical centers, and community hospitals leverage secure healthcare communication and collaboration to advance their clinical and financial goals.
New technological advances have led to new forms of patient communication. Telemedicine has been a driving force in shaping the doctor-patient relationship, leading to higher-quality care.
How do patients view telemedicine and telehealth? Learn more about some of the most common virtual care questions we hear while informing patients about the possibilities of virtual medicine.
Adding a new communication solution can mean concerns around budget, equipment costs, training, and overhead. However, implementing telehealth saves time while reducing costs and stress for patients and providers alike, both in the present and the long run.
Cloud-based software offers benefits that on-premise servers simply cannot: Rapid scalability, shared infrastructure, minimal IT management, API integration, higher uptime, greater flexibility, better security, and lower overall costs.
Ineffective communication practices hold many healthcare organizations back. Administrators may be reluctant to invest in new technology, but they may not realize that continuing to operate with communication inefficiencies can lead to more medical errors, higher costs, and even lower staff morale. When administrators and clinicians work together to improve communication within their organization, they can usher in many benefits for employees and patients alike.
Transfer center inefficiencies can secretly drain not only hospital resources but staff morale and patient satisfaction. A simple, modest investment in a modern, mobile-centric collaboration platform can eradicate much of this burden while significantly increasing the volume of patient transfers, as it did for Temple Health, who went from 700 transfers per shift to 1,000 simply by adopting modern, purpose-built collaboration technology.
To enhance communication between their clinical providers and the laboratory, Geisinger implemented TigerConnect’s secure text messaging for their critical value notifications, automatically alerting the correct physician at the appropriate times. These automatic alerts reduce ineffective workflows, improve time management, and provide patients with critical values quickly and reliably.
Patient engagement in healthcare is defined as patients actively engaged in gathering information and making decisions about their health.
Thousands of hospitals, clinics, and physician practices have successfully implemented one or more of these three tips for improving clinical workflows in healthcare.
With the rapid and devastating spread of COVID-19, one thing is for sure: the age of telehealth is here and it’s not going away. While the Department of Health & Human Services moves swiftly to establish broader guidelines around this new channel for care delivery, many IT organizations are scrambling to make sense of this sudden, inevitable leap into a world of virtual care delivery. And with $22 billion dollars in subsidies through the CARES Act, there’s an unprecedented opportunity for organizations to fund and build a successful telehealth progra
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Since 2010 TigerConnect has been transforming healthcare communications by enabling our customers to automate clinical workflows, speed decisions, and improve patient outcomes. Today our cloud-native Clinical Communication and Collaboration (CC&C) solutions are used by over 7,000 healthcare organizations and 700,000 care team members.
