In the healthcare industry, two things are essential for a high level of patient care: speed and accuracy. Savvy healthcare systems must focus on more agile decision-making and develop cost-effective ways of using technology to support core business objectives. Systems must be fast to implement, easy to understand and learn, and provide ways to free up staff to focus on more mission-critical tasks. And, with home-based care needs accelerating, healthcare organizations are searching for ways to assist direct care workers in bringing better, more targeted healthcare options to their homebound patients.
These trends, coupled with the proliferation of mobile devices in the healthcare environment such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones as well as mobile healthcare apps, make focusing on IT solutions that encourage and support the use of these technologies crucial for organizations interested in better performance and providing a higher standard of care.
3 Powerful Ways Mobile Printing is Revolutionizing the Healthcare Environment
One of the simplest ways to increase the utility of commonly used devices such as smartphones and tablets to help medical staff bring faster, more accurate care to their patients is through the adoption of mobile printing technology.
Mobile Printing Helps Bolster Staff Shortages
As soon as 2025, our nation could be looking at massive shortages in health care workers, from 400,000 fewer home health aides to a shortfall of 29,400 nurse practitioners. People are living longer, and, as such, require more health care, particularly at the end-of-life stage and more doctors and nurses are moving into specialized areas rather than focusing on primary care. Not only can this shortage affect patients directly, but it can also cause staff burnout among the caregivers that are filling much-needed positions.
Mobile printing, with its ability to transform any device into a powerhouse of communication and connectivity, can increase the ability of staff to do their jobs more efficiently while increasing time spent providing patient-facing care. With a mobile print solution, caregivers don’t have to return to a central office to print critical care instructions or clinical notes, saving time and ensuring that essential information is available on demand.
Mobile Printing Assists with Compliance Issues
Compliance is a critical issue for healthcare providers. For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) frequently issues rules and regulations providers must follow to eligible for reimbursement. One recent addition to these rules is the call for caregivers to provide specific instructions to each patient regarding treatments, protocols, and other information. A mobile printing solution provides an easy way for any clinician or caregiver to print full instructions from any mobile device to distribute to patients and families during a home health visit or an office visit.
In addition, most mobile print solutions are integrated with leading-edge security features that assist in meeting the strict levels of data privacy and protection compliance requirements faced by healthcare providers, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Mobile Printing Encouraging Communication and Collaboration
Healthcare systems are frequently overwhelmed, with patient bottlenecks and overscheduling a constant problem. In a fast-paced environment like this, it is easy for small details to be overlooked or for physicians to not have enough time to give proper turnover to colleagues at shift change. With mobile printing, leaving copies of updated care instructions and even detailed clinical notes at a patient's home or with members of their care team is fast, easy, and supportive of a high level of collaborative care.
Let Blue Technologies Bring Mobile Printing to Your Practice
Healthcare systems are overwhelmed with patients and understaffed, a combination that can lead to deterioration of care and employee burnout.
Your healthcare organization can stop the cycle of staff frustration and provide a higher level of care quality to your patients by adopting the easy-to-use technology of mobile printing. Mobile printing will help your in-house or traveling staff stay connected, effective, and efficient; lighten their workloads by putting functionality at their fingertips; and still ensure that private, sensitive patient information is kept safe and secure.
Discover the power of mobile printing today. Contact a Blue Technologies consultant and learn how your healthcare organization can benefit from this cost-effective technology.
