The Value of Connected Teams: Reducing Medical Error

As Benjamin Franklin once wrote, time is money. And while Mr. Franklin may have coined that term back in the 1700s, his words still ring true when it comes to the current state of healthcare. Time-sensitive situations require efficient communication between entities to provide the best possible patient care and keep costs down. Unfortunately, the process is often anything but.

Consider the following:

• Medical errors cause up to 400,000 deaths per year and 10,000 serious medical complications every single day.
• 80% of these are secondary to miscommunication between caregivers during transitions of care.
• Studies show that hospitals waste $12 billion per year on inefficient communication—that’s about 2% of all hospital revenues thrown out the window.
• On top of that, 30% of malpractice cases are linked to ineffective communication.

In a word, yikes (and to clarify, that’s our word, not Ben Franklin's). It’s clear that patients and healthcare professionals deserve better, and that’s why we created Pulsara.

At Pulsara, we help maximize the value of connecting your teams, whether that means reducing treatment times, improving team-based delivery of healthcare, enhancing inter-facility relationships and referrals, or anything in between.

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