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How Patient Flow Delays Are Hurting the Clinic Environment — And What Leaders Can Do to Solve It
Delivering exceptional healthcare relies on seamless patient flow. Yet, a 2024 Jotform study reports 62.7% of Americans say that sitting in the waiting room is the most time-consuming part of visiting the doctor — and a third of patients start...
Why RTLS in Healthcare Environments is a Game-Changer for Nursing Staff Safety
With all the challenges healthcare workers face daily — from burnout and short-staffing to increased disease and drug exposure risks — their own physical safety shouldn’t be among them. Yet, nursing staff is five times more likely to...
How to Enhance Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Capabilities in Your Healthcare Environment
Real-time location system (RTLS) technology has been an efficiency game-changer across several industries since its inception more than 40 years ago. The first generation was introduced in the form of barcode scanners and RFID tags in the 1980s,...
West-Com Partners with Health-Tech Leader Sonitor to Elevate Real-Time Location System Capabilities
West-Com has officially launched a new partnership with Sonitor, a leading ultrasound technology provider that delivers precise, high-definition location tracking within complex indoor environments — including hospitals leveraging our advanced...
Emergency Preparedness: How the Right Alert at the Right Time Can Save More Lives
Whether it's a patient's call for assistance, a cardiac arrest or power outage, efficient alert systems are more crucial than ever. Let’s explore the indispensable role of the right alert system in safeguarding patient safety, underscoring the...
Why Your Healthcare Facility Needs to Ditch Dry Erase Boards
As the world of healthcare continues to advance its technology and care protocols, the demand for streamlined communication — not only for nursing staff, but also patients, their families and remote care team members — has only intensified. In...
3 Ways to Show Your Nursing Staff Support (And Improve Retention)
As nurses navigate the high-pressure healthcare environment, they are often faced with complex challenges related to staffing shortages, inadequate patient-to-nurse ratios, heavy workloads and burnout. These issues not only impact nurses’...
How to Improve Safety in Correctional & Behavioral Healthcare Environments
At first glance, it might seem appropriate to implement standard hospital communication solutions in correctional and behavioral healthcare facilities, as both cater to patients’ medical needs. However, the...
5 Signs Your Current Nurse Call Technology Needs an Upgrade
In today's healthcare landscape, a sophisticated and dynamic nurse call system is no longer a luxury, but rather a necessity. Seamless communication among nursing teams hinges on it, and so do patient health outcomes and satisfaction rates. An...
West-Com Technology Sets Sail in Mercy Ships’ Newest Hospital Ship Providing Medical Care to Underdeveloped Nations
A testament to West-Com's partnership with Mercy Ships — a nonprofit organization that provides life-saving surgeries to vulnerable populations worldwide via hospital ships — CEO & CTO Paul Langstroth recently visited the site of its newest and...
Improving Access to Quality Care Within Rural Health
Rural health and critical access hospitals play a vital role in our communities and providing access to quality care locally is critical. See how rural America is making sure their residents have an option for care within their home town.
Proud to Partner with the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design
West-Com is excited to formally announce our new partnership with the Nursing Institute for Healthcare Design. The NIHD is a professional organization dedicated to linking professionals from all disciplines of healthcare–clinicians, design...
Another Critical Access Hospital Leverages West-Com to Improve Their Patient Experience.
We couldn’t be more thrilled to share how West-Com is making an impact for another critical access hospital, this time in Louisiana. Jackson Parish Hospital in Jonesboro recently completed an installation of West-Com Nurse Call including Patient...
How Critical Access and Rural Hospitals are Using Federal Funds to Get State of the Art Technology
Over the past 14 months, it has become abundantly clear that Critical Access Hospitals like yours serve a fundamental purpose in rural communities. Timely access to quality healthcare is essential for everyone, and patients need access to care...
Preventing Medical Errors through Effective Team Communication: Strategies for Success
As health care professionals, the nature of our work has become progressively more complex and demanding. Strategies to reduce preventable medical errors continue to be a looming challenge. Industry leaders are in constant pursuit of solutions that...