by Terry Zysk | Sep 14, 2020
“We don’t have enough nurses.” As COVID-19 cases surge in hotspots, hospitals are forced to scramble for adequate staffing. While health systems and public health agencies work to create capacity for COVID-19 patients, especially ICU beds and negative pressure rooms, the availability of nurses needed to staff these beds lags behind. In this blog post, I’ll describe how one of our customers uses specific LiveProcess tools to handle staffing challenges during this pandemic, and then look at the big picture for healthcare staffing in the months and years to come.
by Terry Zysk | Sep 10, 2020
Potential staff exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic virus required the health system to alert the 380 staff who had contact with a COVID-positive patient prior to diagnosis. These staff members spanned multiple facilities, and shifts, and served in roles as varied as clinicians, transportation and environmental services. Infection control outreach needed to happen quickly to limit the spread of disease.
“We needed a simple, elegant solution to track our staff and have near real-time information on their COVID-19 status,” explained the IT director at the health system. “We spent a day or two swirling over what tool to use before deciding that LiveProcess was our best choice.”
by Terry Zysk | Aug 13, 2020
To learn a little more about LiveProcess and their experience amidst COVID-19, Healthcare IT Today’s John Lynn sat down with Terry Zysk, CEO of LiveProcess, to discuss how LiveProcess came to be and to hear some of the stories from their healthcare customers amidst COVID-19. Zysk also shares how COVID-19 is different from other crisis situations LiveProcess customers have dealt with before and what a real-time virtual situation management platform should include to be effective. We also talk about whether you can implement new technology in the middle of the crisis or not and what other crisis may be missing our attention because we’re so focused on COVID-19.
If you want to learn about crisis management and how you can better prepare your healthcare organization for the next crisis you’ll enjoy this video with Lynn and Zysk .
by Terry Zysk | Aug 11, 2020
A medical surge caused by a global pandemic disrupts hospital supply chains. Learn about strategies hospitals and health systems are using to manage resources.
by Terry Zysk | Jul 30, 2020
A key to the coalition’s capabilities is the fact that all members agreed to use the same technology platform, LiveProcess, which offers a secure, real-time virtual situation management system built for healthcare systems to dynamically rebalance business and clinical operations to meet demand while managing quality of care, employee and patient safety and financial risk.
by Terry Zysk | Jul 30, 2020
Nimble, efficient adaptation is critical both to meet care delivery needs and to limit financial loss. This pandemic has taught us that health systems need to be better prepared to innovate and rapidly adapt in order to thrive.
by Terry Zysk | Jun 27, 2020
For survival in an uncertain financial and public health environment, U.S. health systems grapple with a new requirement: to be nimble. In this guest post, Terry Zysk, CEO at healthcare IT company LiveProcess, explains how some health systems and hospitals are employing situational awareness and collaboration technology to respond and adapt to unforeseen situations, including but not limited to COVID-19.
by Terry Zysk | May 4, 2020
A public health emergency response creates large-scale logistical issues. Hospitals are changing protocols, rethinking workflows, repurposing clinical areas and redistributing staff to adapt to a shift in demand with COVID-19. Some of the innovative US hospitals we work with are solving pandemic-related problems by repurposing already deployed or quick-to-deploy technology. Creativity is allowing these health systems to adapt to the COVID-19 crisis. Their experiences may spur ideas that help your own health system improvise and adapt to COVID-19 and other disruptive situations.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 27, 2020
Tift went live with LiveProcess Emergency Manager six weeks ago and hadn’t yet scheduled its training sessions when COVID-19 hit close to home. “It’s all so simple. I created my own event and incident command, and we’ve been running ever since. And I trained my boss in about 10 minutes.”
by Lauren Branch | Apr 23, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic pushes health systems to the limit, safeguarding the health of hospital employees is paramount. Knowing the health status of each staff member before the start a shift helps protect patients and co-workers from infection.
Screening every worker every day is an immense task. In this post, we share examples of how LiveProcess customers use the LiveProcess platform to manage this challenge with notifications and surveys.
As you adjust to keep up with this public health crisis, having a simple, orderly way of complying with staff screening guidelines can help.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 20, 2020
Tift Regional Medical Center in Georgia deployed the LiveProcess Emergency Manager software two weeks before the coronavirus hit the region and began managing the virus via the system immediately. The medical center’s virtual command center is a management portal that acts as a kind of “virtual bulletin board,” allowing staff to disseminate information, keep track of planning and coordination and response to situations. It keeps all staff on the same page in real time.
by Lauren Branch | Apr 18, 2020
In this blog post, one in a blog series on COVID-19 pandemic response solutions, we’ll share how the coalition in Riverside uses the coordination and collaboration features of LiveProcess to manage bed and ventilator availability across 18 facilities.
Riverside collects availability information from the facilities in its coalition by using the survey feature in LiveProcess. Creating a survey is intuitive and highly customizable, so you can capture exactly the information you need in the format you want, such as free text, multiple choice, checklist, or numeric answer. For bed and ventilator availability, Riverside surveys each facility for the quantity of resources in several different categories.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 9, 2020
On our blog: Because we’ve seen up close how health systems and coalitions use LiveProcess to ease some of the burdens of coordinating their COVID-19 responses, we’d like to do more. Read to learn more.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 2, 2020
Many health systems are struggling with the onslaught of information, issues, roadblocks and more that arise during a large-scale situation like the COVID-19 pandemic.
We see how our customers are effectively sharing information, expediting response and monitoring the well-being of their staff by leveraging LiveProcess.
That’s why LiveProcess is offering a no-charge, no-strings-attached COVID-19 Response Package for eligible U.S. health systems.
The package provides a virtual situation center for the coordination and management of your health system’s response to COVID-19 as it affects your organization, your staff and your community.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 2, 2020
On our blog: Because we’ve seen up close how health systems and coalitions use LiveProcess to ease some of the burdens of coordinating their COVID-19 responses, we’d like to do more. Read to learn more.
by Terry Zysk | Sep 9, 2019
Real-time emergency management requires real-time mobile communication and collaboration solutions. Make it easier to prepare for and respond to disruptions, emergencies and disasters with a proven system for all phases of emergency management, purpose-built for healthcare. See how LiveProcess can help you improve healthcare emergency management at every level of your organization, including health systems, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and public agencies and regional coalitions.
by Terry Zysk | Jul 11, 2019
Updates to the CMS emergency preparedness final rule have been under discussion since it went into effect in September 2016. On February 1, 2019, CMS released an update to the emergency preparedness rule. This update went into effect immediately. Other proposed changes remain works in progress. Here are some of the key changes, effective and proposed, that may affect your healthcare delivery organization.
by Terry Zysk | Jun 19, 2019
Enterprise-wide hospital communication and coordination requires a real-time collaboration platform. Learn how you can achieve individual, group, and enterprise-wide notification and response and coordinate across boundaries seamlessly. Resolve adverse events more rapidly by reaching an individual, a team, a department or your entire hospital or health system staff in minutes — with a single, open and flexible hospital communication and coordination platform.
by Terry Zysk | Apr 11, 2017
What is your hospital’s level of emergency preparedness for the hazards most likely to occur in your community? Hospitals are required to conduct a hazard vulnerability assessment (HVA) and review it at least annually. The likelihood of each threat can help you to prioritize emergency planning, mitigation, response and recovery.
by LiveProcess | Nov 9, 2016
Virtual Hospital Command Center for Emergency Management Managing a large-scale crisis and patient surge Only weeks after its LiveProcess implementation, Children’s Medical Center put the emergency management platform to the test during two storms — Hurricane Gustav...
by LiveProcess | Oct 4, 2016
Florida Hospital Case Study A fatal pandemic infection calls for instant response and coordination Infectious disease can spread across the world. In the event of a disease outbreak such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ebola or Zika — hospital administrators,...
