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Is mobile doomed to be a dis-jointed experience?
I think we can all agree that 2011 will go down as a stellar year for smartphones at the point of care. Voalte alone rolled out thousands of iPhones across multiple hospitals throughout the US this year alone.
Beyond Voalte, hospitals are looking at BYOD (Bring your own device) models for certain caregivers, smartphone pager replacement, EMR applications, and other applications to improve coordination of care at the bedside.
Looking forward into 2012, there is no reason to expect this trend to cease. As the larger, traditional HIS vendors and medical equipment manufacturers jump head first into their mobility strategies, expect to see richer applications, more data being presented to caregivers, and increased complexity in the overall functionality of the device.
With the expected uptick in mobile applications for healthcare enterprise in 2012… there is one question I would like you to ponder over the holiday break: What's your organization's strategy for managing the mobile experience at your hospital?
If you thought mobility was a trend in 2011, just wait until 2012. I don't think you will find a single vendor who doesn't have an iPhone, Android, or tablet in their product portfolio or immediate roadmap.
If you aren't managing the mobile experience for your clinicians, who is?
- All the best, Trey Lauderdale, Founder and VP of Innovation
Texting Orders: The Joint Commission Doesn't Know Everything!!
On November 10, 2011, the Joint Commission added a comment on texting by physicians to their FAQ website, "No it is not acceptable for physicians or licensed independent practitioners (LIPs) to text orders for patients to the hospital or other healthcare setting. This method provides no ability to verify the identity of the person sending the text and there is no way to keep the original message as validation of what is entered into the medical record."
Bridging the Gap: Smart Hospitals Collaborating for Successful Smartphone Implementation
Hospitals nationwide grapple with a shrinking pool of qualified clinicians, reduced budgets, and escalating patient care needs. Many hospitals are implementing technology to expand the capabilities of clincial staff to meet these demands. Smartphones emerge as the technology of choice.
In order to create an effective solution from the beginning, clinical, IT and ancillary department staff members must collaborate to create a system that meshes well with the entire patient continuum. The results will empower hosptial staff to meet patient care needs through a less chaotic and efficient process.
On Demand Webinar: How to Maximize Your
Smartphone Impact and ROI
Teresa Anderson, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, NE-BC, Independent Consultant with the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and Charlotte Damato, QI-Coach-Lean/Six Sigma of Sarasota Memorial Hospital discuss how cross-functional collaboration plays a fundamental role in improving the clinical communications workflow while increasing patient satisfaction and care.
Remember the "Pass the secret" game we all played as kids? What went in on one side was never what came out the other because each person acted as a filter, misconstruing and warping the original message. You would be lucky if the intent made it all the way through the barrage of improper memory-mapping and malicious intent.
We face the same dilemma today in Healthcare I.T., with interoperability and interfaces to and from the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, communication vendors, and various other middle-ware solutions. It amazes me sometimes that it works at all. Mapping back and forth between discrete and non-discrete entry fields, through automated systems, and sometimes by temp analysts, is a recipe for disaster.
Welcome to my first blog article, which happens to be written on my new iPhone 4S without a keyboard thanks to the help of Siri and speech to text. No desktop or laptop computer was used in the creation of this article and no apps were harmed in the process.
When it comes to intuitive user experiences and streamlined functionality, healthcare IT products haven't kept pace with consumer gadgets. Voalte and other newcomers are betting that soon will change thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices such as the iPhone.
Cedars-Sinai Standardizes on Voalte System
Cedars-Sinai, the No. 1 ranked hospital voted by Los Angeles residents for the past 20 years, chose to standardize using Voalte's system after a rigorous one-year research and testing phase. Voalte was compared to all existing and future planned smartphone communication solutions and was selected as the mobile point-of-care communication of choice.
The Economist - Adapting personal IT for business: The consumer-industrial complex
WHEN SHE STARTS her day at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida, Danielle Reed picks up a smartphone. It is part of a system provided by Voalte, a start-up created to modify smartphones for doctors and nurses. The phone allows Ms. Reed to communicate quickly and easily with her fellow nurses either by calling them or by sending text messages, a number of which are preprogrammed. She can also open specialised apps: one allows her to look up different medicines and their side-effects; another helps her identify pills brought in by patients.
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DECEMBER 2011
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Texting Orders: The Joint Commission Doesn't Know Everything!!
Bridging the Gap: Smart Hospitals Collaborating for Successful Smartphone Implementation
On Demand: How to Maximize Your Smartphone Impact and ROI
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Cedars-Sinai Standardizes on Voalte System
The Economist - Adapting personal IT for business: The consumer-industrial complex
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