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Originally posted in Becker's Hospital Review; Content sponsored by TigerConnect Healthcare remains one of the few industries to rely on communication technologies like pagers and fax machines, both of which garnered widespread use in the 1980s but have since fallen...

Originally posted in Becker's Hospital Review; Written by Will O'Connor, M.D., TigerConnect Chief Medical Information Officer There are numerous surveys demonstrating that electronic health records (EHRs) are taking a toll on physicians. One of the most recent and large-scale surveys...

TigerConnect and QGenda Integration: Joint clients can now benefit from the full force of TigerConnect’s clinical communication platform driven by QGenda’s powerful, proven provider scheduling solution.

TigerText today announced that it has officially changed its corporate name to TigerConnect. The new name more accurately reflects the solution being provided by the company to the evolving healthcare landscape that must be always-connected, fully integrated, outcomes-oriented.

Trax Dental's partnership with TigerText yields first major customer win - helps Dental Partners' Dentists and Spring & Sprout Specialists SANTA MONICA, Calif. - December 22, 2017 - (Newswire.com) ​​​​​Trax, a reseller of leading software solutions for the dental industry,...

In a quest to innovate and expand its comprehensive clinical communication and collaboration tools, a committee will help ensure patient safety is always at the forefront of new technology and products. DANVILLE, Pa. and SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Dec. 7, 2017...

Latest offering embeds communication functionality deep into clinical workflows to deliver critical outcomes more effectively while reducing Toil for care teams SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TigerText, provider of the nation’s most broadly adopted secure messaging solution, has introduced TigerFlow Enterprise, a...

New solution to accelerate the speed of care, improve the patient experience RIDGEFIELD, NJ (September 28th, 2017) Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and TigerText, the healthcare industry’s most widely adopted clinical collaboration solution, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver an all-in-one,...

Originally posted in Healthcare Business Today, by Brad Brooks, TigerText CEO

Much has been written recently about the opioid epidemic running rampantly through American cities and towns. The crisis impacts everyone, including hospitals that are being inundated by patients with opioid-related emergencies, often including overdoses of potentially lethal combinations of prescription medications and illegal drugs.

Originally posted in HIT Leaders & News; Written by Brad Brooks, TigerText CEO

It’s no wonder a recent survey shows that 70 percent of nurses report feeling burned out. As patient care demands, care complexity, and regulatory uncertainties compound with inefficient clinical communication workflows to create a lethal cocktail for burnout and patient safety concerns.

Originally posted in Becker’s Healthcare Review, Written by Brad Brooks, TigerText CEO

It’s no secret that electronic health record (EHRs) still do not fit well with clinical workflows.

This means providers often wait until the end of their shift to enter data, which leads to stale information for other care team members until the chart is updated. To mitigate that risk, they often carry their most recent patient information with them on paper or their personal mobile device.

Originally posted in Hospitals & Health Networks, Written by Brad Brooks, TigerText CEO

Truly collaborative care requires efficient and effective clinical communication during patient handoffs — from the emergency department to radiology to surgery and even to the patient’s primary care physician.

With most physicians and other clinicians using disparate communications platforms, however, handoffs can be uncoordinated and incomplete, leading to wasted time, unnecessary costs and unplanned outcomes.