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Completing IT Security With Critical Alerting
Businesses and organizations shouldn’t simply rely on monitoring tools for security management. Such tools don’t provide redundancies, time-stamped audit trails and other elements needed for incident resolution. Also, security threats are rampant and tend to go unchecked even with the most reliable monitoring service. That’s why companies require critical alerting to become aware of security … Continued
read moreThe Real Cost of Healthcare Miscommunication
Introduction Miscommunication isn’t just about the frustration that ensues when direction isn’t followed or understood by colleagues. For the healthcare industry, miscommunication could mean the loss of billions of dollars and the endangerment of patients. That’s why physicians must implement a clinical communication solution, to avoid the risks associated with utilizing ineffective collaboration methods that … Continued
read moreOnPage: Unified clinical communications for care teams
Gone are the days when a patient could go into a healthcare facility and only see one physician from start to finish. Today, care teams are replacing the traditional approach to healthcare. These newer models are more patient-centered and include “Teamlets ” and “Family Team Care ” as part of their approach. In order for … Continued
read moreTrue cost of breached patient data
Data breaches highlights why we need secure messaging for doctors Statistics published by the Journal of Hospital Medicine in July 2017 show that despite the persistent campaign to educate the healthcare community about the problematic nature of pagers and unsecured messaging, both continue to be popular technologies. According to the Journal: Almost 80% of clinicians continue to … Continued
read moreSolarWinds Alerts Simplified With OnPage
Managing alert noise from monitoring systems like SolarWinds can be tricky and failing to order the noise can cause: Alert fatigue: too many alerts waking engineers up at night will not only cause tired engineers, but also hurt your team’s effectiveness at maintaining effectiveness. Decreased MTTR: Because there are too many alerts, it will take extra … Continued
read more6 Reasons to Think of Pager Replacement Options
Antiquated pieces of technology create setbacks in every industry, and in healthcare – it’s the pager! Pagers are still being used even though they’re not HIPAA-compliant and the infrastructure supporting them is dying out. That’s why doctors and healthcare personnel alike need an advanced way to communicate and protect patient information. This blog will detail … Continued
read more6 Things You Need in an IT Incident Management Platform
Your incident management process is greatly impacted by the tools you have available. And technology is key when it comes to gaining visibility and obtaining contextual data. You need tools to send alerts when incidents arise, as well as track activity for compliance reporting purposes. Whether you’re in healthcare, information technology or work at a … Continued
read moreHow well do you know ChatOps? Is your ChatOps knowledge world-class?
Do you know ChatOps? Are you a ChatOps blackbelt? Take the quiz and find out. OnPage is a cloud-based incident alerting and management platform that elevates notifications on your smartphone so they continue to alert until read. Incidents can be programmed to be delivered to the person on-call and can be escalated if they … Continued
read more6 ways to improve clinical communications
The healthcare industry is currently laden with pagers. The joke is that not even drug dealers use pagers any more. However, almost 80% of doctors do use pagers. The main problems with pagers is that they impede efficient clinical communications and lack security. Here are 6 ways to improve clinical communications: Improve clinical communications by embracing … Continued
read moreOnPage is going to the American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit 2018
OnPage is excited to be an exhibitor at American Hospital Association’s Leadership Summit this July, 26-28, in beautiful San Diego, California. We look forward to trading Boston’s rainy weather for sunny warm rays next month! The AHA’s annual health leadership summit is a place where executives, physician leaders and health system administration come to hear … Continued
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