Is my door access control system secure? The answer may surprise you. If you use contactless credentials and card readers it would be dangerous to assume they are secure. Here are a few facts to consider. While door access control systems have been around for at least 40 years, contactless (proximity) technologies only became available…
NEW, EASY ‘NURSE CALL’ SOLUTION FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES DELIVERS TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY, SAFETY AND SATISFACTION A new communications and productivity solution for skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes has been launched by Rauland, a division of AMETEK, Inc. The Responder® 5000 advanced and proven ‘nurse call’ system helps facilities and staff keep patients…
Just as a School Safety Plan must be practiced and updated to remain effective, so must the technology that supports student safety be updated and serviced to remain effective.
EDUCATING K-12 EDUCATION SYSTEMS ON CRISIS COMMUNICATION It Is Time to Educate our K-12 Education Systems on Crisis Communication It is no longer a question of if a crisis will happen in a school but when it will happen. Although the most feared crisis situation is an active shooter situation, many other types of threats…
SD6 Members partner with a number of different Best of Breed products to design a solution that best fits our client’s needs. This means that as their practice they prescribe systems and technologies suited best to serve the specific desires of their clients. Sphere3 Aperum® is a product offered by all the SD6 members and…
Patient Experience is the cross section between patient satisfaction and patient safety. The role of managing the overall experience falls to everyone in the C suite and is a true result of the organizations culture. Hospitals are challenged beyond simply healing patients to creating an environment that satisfies them as well. The new ACO model…
We want it, and we want it now. As Americans, technological advances have made us a pretty impatient group as a whole – constantly seeking better, faster processes to improve wait time. These processes are most likely used to improve daily functions like: email, text message, video and music streaming. If these activities were ever…
In 2011, the American Board of Medical Specialties voted to make Clinical Informatics the newest subspecialty in Medicine. Clinical Informatics-trained experts were deemed crucial to maintain and improve the nation’s health information infrastructure. Clinical informaticists focus on systems-level improvements in care delivery through the use of data analytics, clinical decision support, data visualization, and the…
Student safety is a major concern for school districts and the faculty who work with our children. This is certainly not a new concern, but recent tragic events have escalated the need for security systems that provide the ability for immediate emergency response. Rauland’s Telecenter Campus offers the most advanced system available for schools whether for…
Successful patient engagement strategies use the right combination of innovative technology and organizational services. Hospitals find most success when they integrate solutions that operate efficiently with other systems already established in their facilities, such as electronic health records (EHR), workflow technology, and nurse call systems. Technology is quickly changing the way healthcare providers are approaching…