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The Future of Healthcare: Empowering the Patient as a Consumer

Steve Jourdan - Feb 11, 2014 2:56:00 PM

As U.S. healthcare providers work to modernize operations to achieve meaningful use and increase transparency, the public — the patients — have an unprecedented opportunity to become an active player on their personal healthcare “team,” alongside the providers, payers, and policymakers.

Topics: health technology- healthIT- patient information- News- consumer patients- healthcare accountability- HIMSS 2014- HIMSS14- patient consumers- patient empowerment- patient engagement

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BedWatch Features Update | Feb. 5, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Feb 5, 2014 10:24:00 AM
BedWatch Drop Down Menu Screen Shot

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Topics: BedWatch Bed Control- BedWatch Transport Control- News

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Big Data in Healthcare: What Does It Really Mean?

Steve Jourdan - Jan 29, 2014 10:47:00 AM

When Doug Laney first pioneered the concept of big data in 2001 (though he didn’t call it that), he defined it as having three specific characteristics, which when combined, push traditional data management techniques and capabilities to their limits: volume, velocity, & variety.

Topics: News- healthcare- health IT- healthcare data management- healthcare data- big data in healthcare

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BedWatch Features Update | Jan. 22, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Jan 22, 2014 3:19:00 PM

Custom Map Views - 2 Units v2New Features

1. Customizable Unit & Facility Map Views
Modules Affected: Bed Control
Bed Control administrative users can now easily create dynamic, custom map views of their units, a group of units, or the entire hospital, which are completely editable via drag-and-drop functionality.

Topics: BedWatch Bed Control- BedWatch Transport Control- News- Hospital Bed Status Map View- Hospital Unit View- Transport Control Updates- Bed Control Updates- Bed Status Map View- BedWatch Bug Fixes- Customizable Unit View

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New Joint Commission Regulations & Guidelines Focus on Throughput Efficiency & ED Boarding

Steve Jourdan - Jan 15, 2014 2:34:00 PM

As of January 1, 2014, hospitals are being held accountable by The Joint Commission to ensure they are actively measuring and establishing goals to mitigate and manage the boarding of patients admitted through the Emergency Department, with a national guideline of four hours or less.

Topics: patient throughput- News- patient wait times- ED boarding- Joint Commission Guidelines- Joint Commission R3 Report- patient boarding in ED- patient throughput performance- The Joint Commission

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BedWatch Features Update | Jan. 8, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Jan 8, 2014 12:54:00 PM

At BedWatch®, we pride ourselves on continuous development and improvement. Every two weeks, a new batch of features and other updates are deployed, and we’ll post an overview of key updates and screenshots of new features here. Check back every two weeks for the latest update information!

Topics: Bed Control Feature Updates- News- Patient Transport Tools- Bed Management Tools- Patient Transportation Request Management- Transport Control Feature Update

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Making Sense of CMS’s Two-Midnight Rule

Steve Jourdan - Jan 1, 2014 3:16:00 PM

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new “Two-Midnight Rule” in the second half of 2013, which is causing some confusion among physicians and hospital administrators alike. Some groups, including the Association of American Medical Colleges, are calling for “legislative efforts to require CMS to more fully delay the 2-Midnight Rule until reasonable clinical guidelines for inpatient stays of less than two midnights are established.”

Topics: "2 Midnight Rule"- "Two-Midnight Rule"- News- healthcare- "CMS Rules"- "hospital administration"- Medicare

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Happy Holidays!

Steve Jourdan - Dec 25, 2013 12:18:00 PM

Season’s greetings from the BedWatch family to yours. We hope you have a very happy holiday and a wonderful New Year!

Topics: News

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Hello, World!

Steve Jourdan - Dec 18, 2013 11:58:00 AM

Our first three years in business here at BedWatch have been tremendous!  We are seeing a very high level of engagement from our customers and significant amount of interest in our products that continues to increase each month.

Topics: News

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