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Midwest Healthcare Engineering Conference & Trade Show November 11-12
The Midwest Healthcare Engineering Conference & Trade Show (MWHCEC) gives you nearby, cost-effective access to the best healthcare facility education, resources, and vendors so you can afford to bring your entire team, including technicians.
Why Smarter Protection Matters in a Hospital
Hospitals cannot evacuate their patients; therefore, the right fire safety solutions for fire prevention are crucial. Facility managers or service providers must detect fire events as early and reliably as possible. In this way, they can handle hazards without disturbing patients and staff. That‘s why Smarter Protection Matters.
Boost Patient, Staff, and Public Engagement with Vizabli ACES
Better care and better outcomes start with more patient care time and better visibility of real-time data. Vizabli's acute care engagement solution (ACES) is designed to engage and provide real-time data to hospital staff, patients, and the patient’s friends and family.
The Importance of Access Control in Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities
Healthcare administrators, security teams and IT staff have many options when it comes to developing dedicated healthcare access control systems, though effective solutions must be adapted to the unique needs of each facility. To aid personnel in approaching this important process, here is a comprehensive guide to effective access control in healthcare facilities.
Spectralink Versity Family of Smartphones Earn Android Enterprise Recommended Status
Spectralink’s innovative Versity smartphones have all achieved the prestigious Android Enterprise Recommended certification. This designation ensures devices meet the industry’s highest standards for security, compatibility, and user experience.
AI-Powered Safety for Assisted Living Centers
Falls, elopement, and other incidents pose significant health risks to residents, fears for their families, and financial burdens to care facilities. This comprehensive guide explores how IntelliSee, a revolutionary AI-driven safety platform, can transform safety protocols in assisted living centers.
How Interoperability and Analytics Change the Nurse Call Paradigm
Integrating hospital systems, including nurse call, brings connected care directly into the patient room, optimizing care and minimizing fall risks within hospitals.
Rauland Responder Enterprise wins 2024 MedTech Breakthrough award
Rauland's Responder® Enterprise solution has been selected as winner of the “Best Clinical Administration Hardware Device” award in the 8th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program conducted by MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market.
Have You Tested Your Facility Fire Alarms Lately?
Communication Company completes fire alarm and life safety systems inspections for acute healthcare facilities in accordance with NFPA and applicable sections of ACHC/HFAP (Chapter 13 Life Safety) Standards.
Empowering Nurses Through Interoperable Technology
The acute care environment represents a dynamic hub of activity, with nurses positioned at its epicenter. Nurses spend long hours managing patient care, coordinating resources across interdisciplinary teams, and providing support to patients’ family members.
Salient Leading Surveillance Management Software for Every Application
Salient’s open cloud video data platform is simple, flexible, and scales with your business needs. The systems empower you to view, record, and use your video data to drive business operations with actionable insights while going beyond your safety and security needs. Salient’s platforms include VMS, Cloud, Analytics, and Appliance solutions that are simple, scalable, and flexible.
Eye in the Sky: Intellisee Augments Security with Proactive, AI-Driven Monitoring
IntelliSee is an innovative AI risk-mitigation platform transforming healthcare safety. By seamlessly integrating into existing surveillance systems and employing powerful, deep-learning technology, IntelliSee can detect and mitigate potential threats, including unauthorized persons, vehicles, weapons, and more.
Nurse Call System Testing: Reducing Risk and Ensuring Compliance with Communication Company
Communication within a hospital or healthcare facility is one of the most critical aspects of patient safety. It's essential that staff, patients, and visitors can communicate seamlessly, quickly, and accurately to provide the best possible care.
VIDEO: Leverage the Benefits of Spectralink Clinical Mobile Devices in Healthcare Settings
Mobile devices have revolutionized the way healthcare is delivered. As technology advances, so do the expectations of healthcare professionals and their patients. With a focus on providing medical staff with access to data and communication tools that enable better patient care and dialog, Spectralink clinical mobile devices are an ideal solution for hospitals and other healthcare organizations.
Communication Company's Range of Integrated Healthcare Solutions
At Communication Company, we’re more than just a nurse call system provider — we're a source for integrated healthcare communication solutions. For more than 45 years, we’ve been advancing the healthcare industry in northern Indiana and southwest Michigan with innovative solutions by incorporating state-of-the-art, integrated technology systems.
From MERS to monkeypox: How RTLS is changing the way we respond to contagious outbreaks
As with Covid-19, contact tracing has become a crucial method to detect and prevent the spread of monkeypox. Rauland Responder® communications solutions have been instrumental in securing healthcare facilities throughout Covid-19 and other contagious outbreaks, including the first U.S. case of MERS in 2014.
The Importance of Active Monitoring
Originally published by IntelliSee™
Gone are the days of passive monitoring being enough. We have reached a heightened need for active monitoring solutions to protect ourselves, our employees, and individuals visiting our facilities.
Patient Fall Risk: An Increasing Concern for Hospitals
As falls continue to be a major concern for healthcare facilities, introducing fall-prevention strategies is a critical initiative to optimize patient care and improve clinical outcomes.
Updated CDC Mask Guidelines
On February 25, the CDC released new mask recommendations for indoor spaces, relying now on community risk level rather than transmission rates for guidance. According to the new system, each U.S. county is assigned a risk level–high, medium, or low–depending on each county’s individual healthcare data, including COVID-related hospital admissions, bed usage and new cases.
Integrated Healthcare Solutions Optimizing Patient Care
While individual products can claim to be advantageous to a healthcare facility, the true industry game changer lies in how these products are integrated into a single platform solution. As healthcare facilities continue to struggle with the financial difficulties and staff shortages brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of optimized patient care solutions is crucial in maintaining the integrity of the facility.