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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...
How Patient Flow Delays Are Hurting the Healthcare Environment — And What Leaders Can Do to Solve It
Delivering exceptional healthcare relies on seamless patient flow. Yet, more than 65% of patients experience a delay while waiting for a medical service. While the need to improve patient flow is clear, many leaders are unsure how to tackle such a...
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...