Welcome to this week’s Imprivata Healthcare News Watch!
Today, we are reading stories about how long it will take for Big Data to deliver value, Box’s first steps into healthcare data sharing and an interview with security expert Bill Fox on ACOs’ security concerns.
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A new study released today by the Ponemon Institute finds that the use of pagers and other outdated communication technologies decreases clinician productivity and increases patient discharge times, collectively costing U.S. hospitals more than $8.3 billion annually. Sponsored by Imprivata®, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, the survey of 577 healthcare professionals reveals that doctors, nurses and other caregivers waste more than 45 minutes per day as a result of inefficient communication systems, costing the average U.S.
Outdated communication technology frustrates hospitals and causes them to lose billions of dollars per year, a Ponemon report revealed.
New research by the Ponemon Institute shows that outdated and inefficient health IT and communications tools are costing hospitals money and wasting time for patients and physicians alike. Poor WiFi connectivity, a reliance on old-fashioned pagers and a lack of texting, and the slow exchange of emails add up to more than $8.3 billion a year for hospitals, or around $900,000 per facility.
Study from Ponemon Institute shows clinicians waste an average of more than 45 minutes each day due to the use of outdated communication technologies.
A conversation with Sean Kelly, CMO of Imprivata, a health IT company with single sign-on and secure SMS solutions that commissioned the study, entitled The Economic & Productivity Impact of IT Security on Healthcare.
U.S. physicians and hospitals are in the digital dark ages when it comes to using the latest mobile devices and Internet services to deliver patient care.
The use of obsolete technology is costing hospitals billions of dollars each year by decreasing physician efficiency and complicating compliance with privacy laws, according to a new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute.
HIPAA and outdated communications devices can make it harder to deliver effective patient care, according to a survey of physicians, hospital administrators and IT pros.
U.S. hospitals are wasting billions of dollars each year by having their staff use archaic communication technology like pagers.