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In November 2007, the Joint Commission published a paper highlighting the negative effects that repeated 24-hour physician shift scheduling stints have on resident physicians. The report noted that these residents make more serious errors, suffer more injuries, and exhibit impairments comparable to being legally drunk. Nurses who work extended shifts also face these risks. The […]
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chalked up 3,477 fatalities to distracted driving in 2015. The National Traffic Safety Board attributed half of aviation accidents involving crew error to interruptions or distractions. And the National Institute of Medicine honed in on interruptions as an underlying factor in medical errors. Looking at today’s healthcare landscape, one […]
Target faced public furor when 40 million credit and debit cards were skimmed by hackers in 2013. A year later, Hollywood’s movers and shakers were humiliated when hacked information from Sony Pictures was posted online. A data breach at Equifax in 2017 compromised the personal information of 143 million Americans created an uproar. Still, for […]
Technology has forever changed the way that healthcare is delivered, and medical staff scheduling software is a critical component in reducing hospital and facility costs. On the clinical front, Kaiser Permanente logged more than 110 million patient “visits” during 2015 via smartphone, kiosks, and video calls. In the realm of medical advances, the American Society […]
MDsyncNET.com, the premier technology company for hospital communications software solutions, has launched a video explaining how MDsyncNET can alleviate many of the interruptions plaguing hospital-based medical services professionals. The video introduces Susan, a medical services professional who has an hour to prepare an agenda for an ad hoc committee meeting – a task that should […]
According to a study led by Mayo Clinic, the growth and evolution of the electronic environment in healthcare is taking a toll on U.S. physicians. Mayo Clinic researchers found that the use of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry decreased physician satisfaction and led to higher rates of professional burnout. In fact, studies […]
Healthcare is arguably the only major industry in the U.S. that hasn’t fully embraced automation. Many facilities take advantage of automated patient discharge and electronic healthcare records, but there are still many activities that are not automated. Using automation to manage risk in healthcare confers many other benefits, including labor savings, improved quality and consistency, […]
Over the past few years and across the healthcare spectrum, mergers and acquisitions have made headlines. Independent and small groups of urgent care centers have been subsumed by chains and hospitals, while hospitals have been acquiring physician practices at a steady clip. While some claim the mergers and acquisitions trend is fueled by numerous small […]
With the healthcare industry continually looking to cut spending while improving efficiency, the automation of manual tasks has become a focus for performance improvement. Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that the demand for healthcare will continue to rise through at least 2024, while the number of healthcare professionals to care for patients will lag […]
Emergency departments are faced with a dizzying number of challenges. From being short staffed to being overcrowded, the pressure on this particular medical specialty is intense. If you have the job of creating physician schedules for the emergency department, your challenges involve quality and quantity. You need to have the right doctors at the right […]
