We all know the feeling of frustration and dread that comes with technical issues. Your staff is trying to do their job, but they can’t because the systems are down. And it’s not just frustrating for them – it’s costly for your hospital, too....
HL7 is a standard message format used by healthcare facilities to exchange electronic protected health information (ePHI). Electronic data exchange allows for secure and immediate access to this information throughout the organization. Achieving interoperability in...
Downtime for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems and computer networks is inevitable and unavoidable, due to a variety of circumstances, including software updates, hardware failures and ransomware. Downtime may be scheduled or unscheduled, and may affect only one...
How Your Healthcare Facility Can Plan Either Way When downtime occurs at your hospital, it can be challenging to recover. Whether it’s planned or unplanned downtime, there are items that need to be taken care of in order for your healthcare facility to continue...
In the healthcare industry, following regulations is extremely critical as it affects hospital operations and patient care. If your facility chooses not to follow standards and requirements, it can hinder or halt operations entirely. One standard healthcare facilities...
Downtime events can disrupt the continuity of patient care and decrease the efficiency of staff. According to multiple surveys on Gartner, a single minute of downtime can cost up to $5,600. Downtime can pose serious questions about how staff document patient care and...