Problems With Using Pagers in Healthcare

Pagers are problematic in healthcare. Several leading institutions note that their physicians have missed pages. Here are a few of the findings from important research studies on the problems with pagers:

• Pagers cost over $1.7 M per year in lost productivity¹
• Many users prefer smart device platform over pagers ²
• Pagers lack encryption²
• Pagers are increasingly run on an aging infrastructure that is not being updated²

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Source 1 – Emory University study on pagers
Source 2 – Ponemon Institute on Economic Impact of Inefficient Communications in Healthcare