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Mobile-based communications system improves hospital care

Replacing phone- and pager-based communication systems with smartphone- and tablet-based systems reduced length of stay and adverse event calls at a large UK teaching hospital, according to a new

Messaging app could signal reduced pager use by providers

The days of old school pagers could be numbered, thanks to a new app from Waltham, Mass.-based Onset Technology. The app, OnPage, provides the same urgent messaging function of a pager, but delivers

SPOTLIGHT: BlackBerry as a pager replacement

University Health Network in Toronto has replaced the pagers in its clinical inpatient teaching units in general internal medicine with "role-based" BlackBerry smartphones. The BlackBerrys don't

Mobile technologies show potential to revolutionize nursing

Wireless and mobile technologies are taking away much of the drudgery and wasted time that leads so many nurses to burnout, according to a story in Advance for Nurses, based on the findings of a