St. Francis Interquest, a groundbreaking hospital in Colorado Springs, embodies the future of healthcare, prioritizing the quadruple aims: patient experience, population health, cost reduction, and staff well-being. Real-Time Locating Systems (RTLS) play a pivotal…
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On July 11, 2023, the Mountain Region of 160-hospital health system CommonSpirit Health opened its newest hospital, St. Francis Interquest, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.St. Francis Interquest, a 72-bed orthopedic and spine hospital, is the…
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Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, VP of Customer Excellence & Strategic Consulting at CenTrak
The last few years have caused significant disruption and constraints of budgets, staffing, and resources throughout healthcare facilities, from the bedside to…
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Oracle reports Q3 results: revenue up 18%, adjusted EPS $0.68 versus $0.84, beating earnings expectations but falling just short on revenue.
The company’s much-watched cloud revenue jumped 45%.
ORCL shares dropped 5% in after-hours…
Ascom has been chosen to provide its clinical communications and collaboration solutions to a new medical facility run by the Chulabhorn Hospital in Thailand.Through its Thai partner Xovic, Ascom will deliver an IT ecosystem at the 449-bed Bhadra Maha Rajanusorn Medical Centre, including its mobility devices, a software suite, the Telligence…
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The following is a guest article by Steven Manifold, CMO at Ubisense.
Many healthcare systems around the world are overburdened. Some face the lingering effects of COVID-19, while others lack funding and staff. Healthcare providers are increasingly turning to technology to help shoulder these burdens, but are fancy tech deployments really the cure or just another placebo?
RTLS
RTLS (Real-time Location Systems) are not new technologies, but they remain uncommon in most healthcare settings. Popular in automotive, aerospace, and general manufacturing and logistics industries, they have paved the way towards smarter, more efficient industrial practices while contributing to the much vaulted “Industry 4.0” revolution….
Scott Hondros, MHA, SCPM, VP of Professional Services at CenTrakAlthough the healthcare industry has shown significant resilience, the byproduct of the pandemic has amplified staff stressors across all operational and clinical roles. In a study conducted in 2022, more than one-third (34%) of the participating registered nurses (RN) stated that it was likely they would leave bedside nursing by the end of the year. Almost half (44%) cited both burnout and high-stress environments as their main reasons to retire or pursue other careers. As staff shortages increase, so do workloads. Forty-three percent of the nurses that responded to Hospital IQ’s recent survey…
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