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Kinsie Clarkson: Mar 10, 2021
Pagers have been a staple in healthcare communication since the 1980s. Small, loud, and easily passed from clinician to clinician, pagers have been the constant companions of doctors and nurses for a...
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Kinsie Clarkson: Feb 08, 2021
Last month, Ambulance Tasmania was rocked by the news that a major data breach exposed over two months of records of patients’ sensitive data. On January 8th, the personal details of every patient...
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Kinsie Clarkson: Nov 16, 2020
Are you using old, non-patient-centric communication technologies like pagers or phone calls (or even WhatsApp) to solve present-day healthcare challenges? Do you ever wonder if there's a better way...
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Kinsie Clarkson: Aug 26, 2020
Canadian Privacy Researcher Discovers Pagers Broadcasting Sensitive Patient Information on Unencrypted Channels Healthcare has long relied on pagers as the most secure, reliable way to communicate...
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Kinsie Clarkson: Aug 07, 2020
Outdated technology is one of the major factors lurking behind miscommunication in healthcare. Pagers, fax machines, and radios still dominate care spaces, and are the primary method for transmitting...
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Hannah Ostrem: Dec 09, 2019
DOES THE FOLLOWING SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU? Your hospital team receives a radio report from the local EMS service. "We are on our way with KCCFPPPTHHH patient." "Sorry, what??" "We are coming in with a...
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Team Pulsara: Nov 15, 2019
EDITOR'S NOTE: Special thanks to James Laidlaw for writing today's blog post. You can connect with him on LinkedIn. Do you remember the Telephone Game you played as a kid? Everybody gets in a circle...
