ICT&health March 17, 2021
Artur Olesch

While telemedicine and telecare are currently widely discussed, many other digital solutions have helped hospitals cope more efficiently with the COVID-19-related challenges. Among them, smartphone-based communication systems, clinical collaboration solutions, and command centers.

How the hospital staff communicates with each other and with patients determines the way the workflows are coordinated. In larger healthcare facilities, this determines the mobilization times for emergency teams, which directly impacts patient outcomes. Communication has always been one of the greatest challenges for hospitals. Pagers were supposed to help solve the problem, but their functionality has become too limited to meet current challenges. They don’t enable two-way communication; their range and ability to integrate with other IT...

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