Ever have this experience? After a miserable commute in stormy weather, you get to your college campus only to find out that it’s been closed for a snow day. Fortunately, this no longer has to be an issue! Mass notification tools enable academic institutions to send timely and urgent notifications to their faculty members or … Continued
OnPage is praised for its award-winning incident alert management platform, providing capabilities and integrations for IT and managed service providers (MSPs). Though known for its SSL encrypted messages, critical alerts and key integrations, OnPage is constantly adding new features to its trusted platform. To keep you up to date, I’ve highlighted four valuable OnPage features … Continued
For MSPs, Datto’s Autotask PSA provides a powerful system, offering ticketing and project management capabilities. Though Autotask is an essential solution tool for MSPs and their teams, it becomes even better with an incident alert management platform integration. Now, if you’re curious to know how Autotask’s integration with incident alert management platforms work, you’re in … Continued
The current business environment requires organizations to implement cybersecurity safeguards to avert disasters associated with breaches, loss of data and hefty fines. Simply implementing a cybersecurity plan isn’t enough, it’s also important to incorporate the right solutions and workflows to prevent a disaster. This post will discuss the current state of cybersecurity, highlighting what organizations … Continued
As a change agent in a healthcare organization, it’s likely that you’re eager to give your antiquated paging system the boot and to replace it with a more updated, efficient, HIPAA-compliant clinical communications platform. However, convincing the rest of the organization isn’t always easy. It’s normal to get resistance from your care team whenever you … Continued
National Health Service’s (NHS) recent announcement on the ban of the pager represents great news for U.K. healthcare organizations and their practitioners. The ban not only represents a transformative move, it also showcases pagers’ lackluster performance in providing secure, clinical communications. Now that pagers are making their way out of U.K. facilities, I’ll highlight what … Continued
Whether you’re a seasoned IT veteran or an up-and-coming rookie in the field, it’s key that IT teams understand how to develop the most effective processes and plans for on-call schedules and rotations. Let’s take a look at some best practices that IT pros can use to become all-stars on their on-call teams. Ensuring That … Continued
If you’re like me, you’re pleased to learn that Slack Technologies is expanding its exceptional service to the healthcare industry and is ready to meet the sector’s HIPAA requirements. For healthcare pros, physicians and organizations, this means that they can use Slack’s mobile app and desktop platform to securely share PHI and other sensitive medical … Continued
What do VHS players and Tamagotchis have in common with the pager? It’s simple, they’re old pieces of technology that were popular in the ‘90s. And you may even be wondering, do they still sell pagers? Which is a valid question, but alas, they do and we feel it must be said…It’s no longer the … Continued
As the big game approaches this Sunday, I’ve been thinking about the NFL’s introduction of instant replay and how it makes the league much more enjoyable! Whether you’re rooting for the Patriots led by Tom Brady … or the Rams, you can’t deny that instant replay makes every Super Bowl much more efficient and adds … Continued