Michael Sorensen, in his old job as chief technology officer of the University of Chicago Medical Center, had a problem: pagers. "Pagers are not as reliable as everyone thinks they are. If you drill ...
Dr. Patrick J. Guffey, chief medical information officer at Children's Hospital Colorado, is on a mission to get rid of pagers. Most are not HIPAA-compliant. There's no link from pager to the EHR ...
Healthcare organizations have been urged to immediately re-evaluate their use of pagers after a new report claimed unencrypted messages can be intercepted and spoofed with potentially life-threatening ...
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, announced that Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital ...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock wants to ban pagers from the NHS, calling the devices "archaic". The problem? They save lives. And, in this instance, old technology really does work. Just ask Simon ...
The recently-opened Victorian Heart Hospital, the first dedicated cardiac hospital in Australia, has also become the first pager-less hospital in the country. WHY IT MATTERS VVH opted to adopt a ...