Mobile Computing Case Studies & White Papers
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Converged Mobile Devices Deliver Better Care While Lowering Costs
9/5/2014
Putting smartphones in the hands of nurses and doctors can improve care, reduce costs, and help hospitals meet increasing regulatory and documentation requirements as efficiently as possible. Combining the familiar interface and rich feature set of a smartphone with the data collection functionality and durability of a traditional barcode scanner expands these benefits exponentially. A converged mobile device allows the nursing staff to interact with doctors, patients, other nurses, while providing access to a full suite of patient care and messaging applications that can improve patient outcomes and staff efficiency, while simultaneously improving the overall work environment.
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Nurses Lighten The Load With Converged Mobile Devices
9/5/2014
Legacy IT solutions have left nurses and other caregivers saddled with an array of proprietary devices including pagers, VOIP phones, barcode scanners, voice pendants, and other hardware. Migrating to a new converged mobile device platform can lighten the load for the nursing staff, both literally and figuratively.
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HIPAA-Compliant Texting Rollout Connects Care Team Staff
8/27/2014
With an entire network of medical offices, physicians, care providers, and nurses, NAMM California was experiencing significant communication delays, particularly between their hospitalists, case managers, medical directors and nurses. Staff was using basic SMS to text colleagues with patient updates and instructions, but knew they tried to be discrete as possible when discussing patients as it could risk PHI and result in a HIPAA violation.
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Communication Tools Converged To One Platform With Text Implementation
8/27/2014
For over 65 years, MHG has been dedicated to providing a wide range of health and wellness services to their community. With more than 1,000 employees consisting of physicians, care providers, nurses and part-time staff; MHG needed a fast and HIPAA compliant way to communicate. Nurses were relying on paging and their answering service to contact doctors directly, but had trouble reaching their contacts via these communication channels. Response times were lagging around 3-4 hours and causing severe communication delays.
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10 Questions To Ask Before Selecting A Text Messaging Solution
8/27/2014
Evaluating secure text messaging solutions can be a time-consuming and confusing process for healthcare organizations, especially with restrictive compliance regulations in place. Once you have realized the need for a secure texting solution, the research, evaluation and selection process could be long and unorganized without the necessary tools or understanding of what your ideal solution would be. That is why TigerText has compiled the Top 10 Questions to Ask Before Selecting a Secure Text Messaging Solution, allowing you to simplify the selection process and more easily identify what you need from your secure texting vendor.
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Boost Your HCAHPS With Secure Texting
7/30/2014
Secure texting allows you to instantly communicate with your coworkers and enhance your day-to-day workflows. Secure texting gives you the ability to quickly notify a clinician and confirm delivery of your messages, allowing you to spend more time with your patients and ultimately enhance patient care and satisfaction.
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What The Transition To Stage II Meaningful Use Means To You
7/30/2014
A certified EHR is not enough anymore. Eligible Professionals and Hospitals must now follow the new Meaningful Use laws established to protect patients’ medical records. With the ability to share private documents quickly and easily, medical professionals must take extra precaution to ensure that these documents do not fall into the wrong hands.
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5 Ways You Can Improve Workflow With Message Confirmations
7/30/2014
Healthcare professionals know that every second on the job counts. Physicians’ and nurses’ time come at a premium and the goal of every healthcare organization is to maximize as much face time with patients as possible.
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Best Practices For Mobile Application Lifecycle Management
6/27/2014
Mobile devices are now a reality in most organizations. Building on Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM), organizations are increasingly developing their own enterprise apps for specific job tasks to improve productivity, business partnerships, customer satisfaction and bottom-line performance. But to achieve these benefits, it is imperative that mobile security best practices are incorporated throughout the lifecycle of the application.
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Mobilize Your Corporate Content And Apps
6/26/2014
Learn more about how you can give your employees access to resources behind the firewall while securing your data with authorization, encryption and containerization policies.