How Collaboration Tools Help Healthcare Teams Work Smarter and More Safely

From telemedicine to secure data-sharing, a wide range of technologies allow providers to work together from a distance. Healthcare is a team sport, and no good team can function without seamless collaboration.

That’s why the right tools and strategies allow providers to win big by helping patients receive timely, comprehensive care — when and where they need it most.

Whether a doctor is located across town or in another time zone, he or she may perform their duties via mobility and telehealth solutions designed to streamline workflows and connect with colleagues as if they were in the same place.

It’s no surprise, then, that “The Modern Workforce Insight Report” by CDW notes that today’s clinicians rely more heavily on digital tablets than steel filing cabinets to track and store patient data.

The report, which surveyed 400 senior-level professionals involved in the purchasing process, found that the top drivers of workplace solution investment are greater employee productivity (48 percent), better process efficiency through automation (39 percent) and improved security (39 percent).

Those benefits hold significant power in healthcare, a field where every second counts during an emergency.