South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) 2014 brought some of the greatest minds in technology to Austin, Texas, for five days of panel discussions, workshops, and keynotes by industry leaders in tech, social media, design, software development, healthcare, and a range of other industries.
Topics: News
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HIMSS 2014 Leadership Survey Infographic
Topics: healthcare leadership- healthcare leadership survey- HIMSS leadership survey- Meaningful Use- News- healthcare technology- HIMSS- healthcare technology compliance- HIMSS2014- ICD-10
Read More1. Flexible & Customizable Time- & State-Based Alerts
Modules Affected: Bed Control & Transport Control
Topics: Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- patient throughput- Patient Flow Technology- Patient Flow Tools- News- Patient Throughput Tools- BedWatch technology- Throughput Technology- Bed Control Features Updates- Transport Control Features Updates
Read MoreAs 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
Read MoreWhen 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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New Features1. 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
Read MoreThis 250+ bed hospital in Eastern Mississippi has used BedWatch® Bed Control and Transport Control, as well as Patient Transport Services management via BedWatch parent company HHS, to successfully streamline their throughput and discharge processes. The dedicated nursing, housekeeping, and transportation teams have used BedWatch to drive average bed turnover times down from 96 minutes upon implementation in February 2012, to an average of 76 minutes per discharge clean for all of 2013 — a 20% improvement over the previous year.
Topics: Results
Read MoreAs 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
Read MoreAt 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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