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The Hidden Cost of Missed Facility Alarms in Hospitals

When most people think of hospital alarms, they picture bedside monitors and rapid response teams. Some of the most costly and disruptive risks, however, start behind the scenes in the plant room, chiller, boilers, OR freezers, blood bank fridges, boilers, and HVAC systems.

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Why Multi-Channel Alerting Is No Longer Optional for Hospitals

Hospital operations have become far more complex for single-channel communication. IT, facilities, EVS, security, and transport teams work across devices, shifts, and buildings, which makes real-time coordination and communication more challenging. 

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How Hospitals Can Streamline Alarm Management

Every day, hospitals deal with a flood of alarms; from nurse call systems and security to infrastructure equipment, generators, med gas, HVAC units and fire panels. Some of these alerts are urgent, but not all.

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Emergency Notification Best Practices for Enterprises

In today’s high-stakes enterprise environment, delays in emergency communication can result in lost lives, disrupted operations, and costly compliance failures. From extreme weather to ransomware attacks and internal system outages, poor incident response is often a result of flawed communication, rather than a flawed strategy.

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Fighting Ransomware with IT Management: Prevention and Response Strategies That Work

If you’re working in IT In 2025, diligence is your watchword (or one of them). At every turn, there are hackers and thieves trying to steal your information and that of your customers. That’s why it is vital to have IT management software to help prevent and respond to attacks. 

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IT Solutions #8: Communicating Effectively Beyond the IT Team

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For the eighth IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to effectively communicate with internal and external groups outside of the IT team, ensuring that these communications occur as efficiently as possible.

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IT Solutions Series #7: How to Prioritize Alerts to Prevent Missing the Important Ones

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our seventh IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to prioritize alerts to prevent you from missing the most important ones.

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IT Solutions Series #6: How to Easily Escalate Issues to the Right Team

Welcome back to our series “8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster”. This time, we’re looking at how to easily escalate issues to the right team so the right people are responding to each incident.

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IT Solutions Series #5: Eliminating Redundancy in Emergency Communication

Welcome back to our series, 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our fifth strategy, we’re looking at how to prevent unnecessary redundancy in an organization’s communication systems.

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IT Solutions Series #4: How to Streamline the Coordination & Communication of Tasks

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our fourth IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to streamline the coordination and communication of tasks, so you can better know who is and who is not doing which things.

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IT Solutions Series #3: Expanding Communication Beyond Email and SMS

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our third IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to enhance communications that are limited to email and SMS.

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IT Solution Series #2: Fixing After-Action Reports – Turning Insights into Effective Future Responses

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our second IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to resolve after-action reporting that is not sufficient enough to improve future response.

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IT Solutions Series #1: Connecting the Dots Between Isolated Systems

Welcome to our blog series about the 8 Solutions to Resolve IT Incidents Faster. For our first IT incident in this series we will be looking at how to resolve inefficient workflows between disparate systems and point solutions. 

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The Case for Quick and Easy Critical Communication Solutions

Many industries and organizations use critical communication and emergency messaging to ensure safety and to save lives. With the most up-to-date technology, these organizations communicate quickly and safely during those times when they need communication the most. When you choose your emergency communication software, though, make sure that it comes with fast, easy installation and overall user-friendliness.

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The Cost of Downtime: Why IT Readiness Matters

This is a series of posts on ways to mitigate the costs of IT downtime by improving communication. As the proverb goes, “the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.” Ask PG&E if an ounce of prevention might have prevented a ton of heartache.

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Blueprint for Success: Key Components of a Strong SLA

Famed American poet Robert Frost wrote “good fences make good neighbors” in his 1914 poem, “Mending Wall.” While the literati might like to spend countless hours parsing every word in that phrase, we’re taking it more literally.

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From Failure to Function: Mastering Service-Level Agreements

In a perfect world, companies would never experience business relationships with service providers, vendors, or even clients where a disconnect occurs. Instead, everyone would be in sync, and as a result business would run smoothly. The reality, however, can be quite different.

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The Importance of Proper After-Incident Reporting

Any textbook or guide on organizational performance management will tell you that you can’t improve what you don’t measure. The whole idea of key performance indicators (KPIs) is that they provide a brief measurement of some performance metric based on accurate data.

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How Alarm Management Prevents Financial Losses During IT Downtime

No matter how many preventative strategies are implemented by a company, incidents can and do happen. Whether a factory has a production line that suddenly fails, or a retailer's EDI system goes down, problems will ensue.

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Does Your Business Have an Emergency-Proof Alert Messaging System?

Emergency Alerts

With so many employees working remotely, there's a greater risk of disruptions to communication. And when disasters strike, having a way to quickly and efficiently send out alerts can mean the difference between life and death.

As a business owner, you know that disaster can strike at any time. Whether it's a fire, a flood, or a power outage, you need to be prepared to protect your employees and your customers.

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