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…
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…
Hospital-acquired infections continue to be a source of great medical and economical strain for clinics and facilities across the country. Hospital-acquired infections, or HAIs, are infections that patients acquire while receiving treatment at a hospital or healthcare facility. They are often caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, or any other infectious agent or pathogen that live…
Another horrific active shooter event, this time on a community college campus in rural Oregon, once again places the spotlight on school security. It reminds us that we live in a different societal environment than 30 years ago and steps must be taken to continue to adapt our schools to a new reality. We live…
What is a Mass Notification System (MNS) A mass notification system is an essential tool used to quickly and efficiently deliver emergency notifications to a large subset of people. They are becoming increasingly important systems for school, hospital, and multi-site business campus facility managers to warn individuals about threats inside and outside of the building,…