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The Telecom Digest for April 14, 2014
Volume 33 : Issue 54 : "text" Format
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Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:00:27 -0400
From: "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Nurses Say Pagers Must Go; Hospitals Drag Feet
Message-ID: <elmop-53C6A2.10002713042014@[78.46.70.116]>
In article <li3uk6$osv$1@dont-email.me>, Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net>
wrote:
> Nurses and other healthcare workers who communicate vital patient
> information say they need an alternative to outdated pagers and insecure
> smartphones.
>
> by Alison Diana
>
> At most hospitals, nurses are still required to communicate with
> colleagues and doctors via Voice over IP (VoIP) or pagers. But many
> nurses, who tend to be constantly on the go, are increasingly ignoring
> policy and are texting from their smartphones instead. This approach
> carries risks: Not only are the phones insecure, but they could also
> introduce germs into sterile environments.
>
>
> Pagers may be less risky, but they aren't efficient. They cost US
> hospitals $8.3 billion in 2013, according to a report by the Ponemon
> Institute: $3.2 billion through time-consuming discharge processes and
> another $5.1 billion while clinicians waited for patient information (an
> average of 46 per minutes per day).
>
> Rest at:
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/healthcare/mobile-and-wireless/nurses-say-pager
>
> s-must-go-hospitals-drag-feet-/d/d-id/1204255
> -or-
>
> http://goo.gl/p8rnr8
>
In the hospital nearest me, they carry what amount to Star Trek
communicators around their necks. These are connected to a central
system that does voice recognition, and routes the communication
appropriately--all hands off, all voice, and completely internal to the
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