As coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread and new virus strains emerge, the public is frantically looking for answers regarding the U.S. government’s vaccine distribution plan. A sound vaccine distribution plan is especially crucial in times like these. All U.S. states, stretching from both coasts, are experiencing a vast number of COVID-related deaths and hospitalizations. The … Continued
Gartner’s Market Guide for Emergency Mass Notification Solutions (EMNS) is a trusted report for security and risk management leaders. It provides insight into effective crisis communication procedures and identifies solutions that help perfect emergency management plans. The EMNS Market Guide has a large, loyal readership in several industries including, state and local government, healthcare, IT … Continued
IT incident responders have been inundated with alerts since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. These engineers must dig through their messages to collect and respond to real alerts for real critical events. This process wastes time and prolongs incident response. The objective is to focus on IT event noise reduction to recognize and resolve … Continued
Electronic health records (EHR) are real-time patient health record systems made to securely share patient information with authorized users. Users include those in medical labs, imaging facilities, pharmacies and emergency departments. Essentially, EHRs provide medical information to everyone involved in the patient-care continuum. OnPage continuously explores new ways to expand its value and enhance healthcare … Continued
Efficient team communication requires the proper set of tools and processes, ensuring that the right persons receive timely messages. This way, recipients are well-informed of a critical issue, while having time to address the incident. Unfortunately, a large helicopter services company relied on time-wasting procedures to communicate with stakeholders, resulting in delayed incident response and … Continued
Coronavirus (COVID-19) is impacting the lives of essential workers, requiring them to put in more hours during these unprecedented times. A healthcare provider may have been out since the night before, working diligently to save patient lives. Others, including but not limited to, local restaurant owners, IT engineers and supermarket employees, continue to ensure … Continued
As the outbreak of Coronavirus spreads rapidly, with new cases being confirmed in different parts of the globe, one can’t undermine the importance of rapid dissemination of information related to patient care. Rapid dissemination is especially crucial in unprecedented situations like this, where deadly viruses, such as Coronavirus (COVID-19), present themselves with symptoms similar to … Continued
Crisis situations in the healthcare industry have a greater magnitude than crisis in other industries, owing to the nature of the customers and the stakeholders that get churned up in the middle of it. For hospitals and medical practices, the pressure can be overwhelming, especially because their clients – the patients – trust them to … Continued
Reduce IT alert noise and improve productivity In IT Ops, monitors send alerts when thresholds are passed. Unfortunately, these thresholds are responsible for much of the excessive noise. In fact, organizations waste an average of $1.27 million every year responding to the noise of false alerts. Today, it’s no longer enough to simply get alerts. Ops teams … Continued
How do you get alerts in Cisco Spark? Verizon has called Cisco Spark Board the “next evolution in cloud-based collaboration.” At its core, Cisco Spark offers protocols for critical communications that enhance and expand beyond straightforward messaging. Cisco Spark is Cisco’s tool for enabling team based collaborations through the creation of virtual meeting rooms. Cisco … Continued
