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PRESS RELEASE: Groundbreaking Telehealth Program Reaching Rural & Underserved Populations

By Team Pulsara on Aug 16, 2021

Teller County, CO develops a first-of-its-kind telehealth program using Pulsara as the backbone for rural health communications

BOZEMAN, Mont., August 16, 2021 — Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth, communication, and logistics platform that unites healthcare teams and technologies across organizations during dynamic events, published new details on Teller County, Colorado’s groundbreaking community paramedicine and telehealth program. Reporting on their initial challenges, the solutions they found, and results, the “911-INITIATED TELEMEDICINE: Next-Level Patient Care for Rural Colorado” case study reveals a new pathway forward for EMS agencies across the globe.

As COVID-19 escalated across the country in early 2020, EMS and hospital leaders in Teller County, CO identified that residents were reluctant to seek care—for any condition—at the hospital. “Up to 40% of our EMS volume does not want to go to the hospital once 911 arrives,” said Dr. Jeremy DeWall, EMS Medical Director for the Teller region. “Looking at our numbers, the fear was that we were missing a large group of people who were without healthcare or afraid to go to healthcare because of COVID-19.” 

Leveraging their already thriving community paramedicine program, Teller County’s Ute Pass Regional Health Service District and Emergency Medical Specialists, PC set in motion a new 911-initiated telemedicine program, utilizing Pulsara’s telehealth capabilities to address the acute needs of the community. 

Topics: Press Community Paramedicine COVID-19 Telehealth
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Calling Enables New Logistics & Communication Interactions With Group Video Conferencing

By Team Pulsara on Jul 28, 2021

To further support care teams, Pulsara introduces enhancements to the communication platform’s calling capabilities.

BOZEMAN, Mont., July 28, 2021 — Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth, communication, and logistics platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today a recent enhancement to the platform: Pulsara calling featuring group video conferencing. This upgrade, available for all users of the platform at no extra charge, includes the ability to add multiple team members as needed across organizations and adds overall improved usability—including configurable default behavior for camera and speaker and advanced controls for call participants. 

“The group video conferencing addition to Pulsara calling marks an exciting next step in Pulsara’s journey to improve the lives of people in need and those who serve them,” said Erich Hannan, Pulsara’s Chief Technology Officer. “We've heard loud and clear from our customers how important exceptional audio and video experience is to support and enhance patient care. Pulsara calling with group video enables even more powerful and streamlined communication and collaboration across teams and organizations.”

Topics: Press
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Save The Date! Pulsara Announces First Annual Healthcare & User Group Conference, Pulsara CONNECT

By Team Pulsara on Jun 21, 2021

CONNECT with industry leaders on the latest research and best practices in STEMI, stroke, and emergency management in a post-COVID-19 world. 

BOZEMAN, Mont., June 21, 2021  Pulsara, the leading telehealth and communication platform that connects teams across organizations, announced today the company’s inaugural Pulsara CONNECT Conference. Slated for October 12-13, 2021, this FREE virtual international experience allows attendees to engage with world-class industry experts and thought leaders across the healthcare community. With four tracks—EMS/Community Paramedicine, STEMI/Cardiac, Stroke/Neuro, and DES/Emergency Management—attendees will take away tangible best practices that they can incorporate within their region. Topics include everything from the latest research and best practices surrounding time-sensitive emergencies to creating systems of care that scale in a world attempting to recover from COVID-19 and prepare for what might be next.

Topics: Press Events Pulsara CONNECT
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PRESS RELEASE: St. Dominic Hospital Improves Patient Care Through Innovative Triage Protocol

By Team Pulsara on May 24, 2021

How one Mississippi hospital pioneered a cross-departmental triage workflow in their facility by leveraging a mobile-first telehealth communications platform

BOZEMAN, Mont., May 24, 2021 — Pulsara, the leading telehealth and communication platform that connects teams across organizations, announced today that St. Dominic Hospital, located in Jackson, MS, has pioneered an innovative new triage protocol that uses Pulsara’s platform to improve care team communication and patient care. After initially embracing Pulsara for front-end stroke and STEMI care, the hospital recently saw an opportunity to further improve other cross-departmental workflows via the same mobile-first platform.

Topics: Press Innovation Customer Success
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Pulsara Named a 2021 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist For Best Business Technology Pivot

By Team Pulsara on May 19, 2021

BOZEMAN, Mont., May 19, 2021 — Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today that the company was named a 2021 SIIA CODiE Award finalist in the category of Best Business Technology Pivot. Finalists represent the best products, technologies, and services in software, information, and business technology.

Acknowledged as the premier awards program for the software and information industries for over 35 years, the SIIA CODiE Awards are produced by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software, education, media, and digital content industries. Pulsara was honored as one of 153 finalists across the 43 business technology categories, including two categories in response to COVID-19.

Topics: Press Technology Awards
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CHI St. Vincent Adopts Advanced Communication System

By Team Pulsara on Apr 26, 2021

CHI St. Vincent Adopts Advanced Communication System for Heart Attack, Stroke, and Trauma Patient Care


CHI St. Vincent became the first health system in Arkansas to implement the full suite of 
Pulsara communication capabilities for coordinated teams to dramatically improve responses for every patient type, including ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) heart attacks, stroke and other trauma care scenarios. Pulsara is a telehealth and communication platform that enables HIPAA compliant, dynamic networked communications between EMS, hospitals, and other healthcare providers for any patient event. Following successful Arkansas trials at multiple hospitals that saw average Door-to-Device treatment time for STEMI patients reduced by 19-percent, allowing cardiologists to get patient blood vessels reopened faster, the Arkansas STEMI Advisory Council proposed that healthcare services begin adopting Pulsara statewide in April 2020.

Topics: Press Customer Success
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Pulsara Named a Finalist in the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Awards

By Team Pulsara on Apr 21, 2021

BOZEMAN, Mont., April 21, 2021Pulsara, the only mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today that the company has been honored as a finalist in the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Awards presented by Business Intelligence Group.

“On the frontline of our uncertain times are customer service professionals and suppliers without whom we wouldn’t be able to live as comfortably as we have for the last year,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Operating Officer of the Business Intelligence Group. “It is our honor to recognize Pulsara as they are leading by example and making real progress on improving the daily lives of so many.”

Topics: Press Awards
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Pulsara Named One of 2021's Best Tech Startups in MT

By Team Pulsara on Apr 05, 2021

Pulsara is pleased to announce that The Tech Tribune selected us to appear in their top-ten list of the 2021 Best Tech Startups in Montana. According to The Tech Tribune, the featured companies were chosen based on the following criteria:

Topics: Press Awards
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Launches Powerful New Desktop Browser Command Center for Enhanced Patient Coordination

By Team Pulsara on Feb 17, 2021

To further support care teams, Pulsara introduces Pulsara HQ, a browser-based command center that seamlessly works alongside the company’s mobile app interface. 

BOZEMAN, Mont., Feb. 17, 2021Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today the launch of Pulsara HQ, a powerful new browser-based command center for enhanced patient coordination. Working alongside the company’s mobile apps, the browser application enables clinicians to easily manage patient status and details in a centralized location—creating a unified patient channel across all devices. Pre-registration, triage, team activation, and more can now be managed from one screen on a desktop web browser.

Topics: Press
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Wins 2021 BIG Innovation Award

By Team Pulsara on Jan 12, 2021

BOZEMAN, Mont., Jan. 12, 2021Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today that the company was named a 2021 Product Innovation of the Year Award Winner by Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Innovation Awards. Judged by prominent industry leaders and experts, the awards program recognizes the most innovative organizations and people transforming systems and industries across the globe.

Topics: Press Innovation Awards
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Pulsara Version 11.3: Increased Flexibility for EMS - Change Patient Destination

By Team Pulsara on Dec 16, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont., Dec. 16, 2020 — Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced the release of app version 11.3. Full release notes are as follows. 
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The holidays are just around the corner, and we know you have been working hard to juggle unprecedented case loads. From the bottom of our hearts, thanks for all you do.

We’re excited to let you know that Pulsara 11.3 has been released. We’re introducing a few new features to make using Pulsara easier when EMS changes the patient destination or Pulsara mobile devices change hands.

This release includes these new features:
  • EMS can change the patient destination en route
  • The logged in account name appears on the PIN screen
  • Special characters can be entered into patient names
Topics: Press Release Notes
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Named 2020 Winner in the BIG Award for Business

By Team Pulsara on Nov 10, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont., Nov. 10, 2020Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today that the company has received the Business Intelligence Group’s BIG Award for Business and was named a 2020 Small Business Product of the Year Winner. First launched in 2012, the BIG Awards for Business awards program globally recognizes and rewards companies, products, and people that are leading their respective industries. With this award recognition, Pulsara stands alongside other leading-edge companies such as past winners AT&T, ADP, and UnitedHealthcare. 

Topics: Press Awards
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Video Interview: Australia’s Latrobe Regional Hospital & Ambulance Victoria

By Kinsie Clarkson on Nov 04, 2020

Earlier this year, in the weeks before COVID-19 changed life and healthcare as we know it, Latrobe Regional Hospital near Melbourne, Australia, was busy laying the groundwork for a new communication system between their hospital teams and Ambulance Victoria. Over the course of the next few months, Latrobe was able to implement Pulsara for treating patients across multiple departments, including stroke, mental health, pediatrics, trauma—and most pressingly, COVID-19. 

Topics: Stroke Press Communication Telemedicine Connected Teams COVID-19 Telehealth Customer Success Australia
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Innovative Pulsara PATIENT Solution Named 2020 EMS World Innovation Awards Winner

By Team Pulsara on Oct 28, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont., Oct. 28, 2020Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth and communication platform that connects healthcare teams across organizations, announced today that the company’s product Pulsara PATIENT has been honored as a 2020 EMS World Innovation Awards Winner. As one of the most prominent voices in the prehospital emergency medical services community, EMS World employs the Innovation Awards program to recognize the industry’s most groundbreaking products of the year. 

Topics: Press Innovation Awards Pulsara PATIENT
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PRESS RELEASE: St. Dominic’s Among First to Integrate Two Stroke Technologies for Faster Treatment

By Team Pulsara on Sep 30, 2020

JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 30, 2020 — Healthcare entities across the state have experienced declines in patient numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with many patients delaying or avoiding life-saving treatment for serious conditions such as stroke or heart attack over fears of the virus.

Topics: Stroke Press Customer Success
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Australia’s Latrobe Regional Hospital Improves Door-to-CT Times by 68% with Pulsara (Case Study)

By Kinsie Clarkson on Sep 28, 2020

For Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH) near Melbourne, Australia, streamlining communication has been a major area of focus, both to improve patient care and to strengthen collaboration across its healthcare system. Up until the beginning of 2020, they used a combination of phone calls and pagers to interface among Emergency Services, ED, and hospital staff—resulting in inefficiencies and challenging communication for caregivers.

Topics: Stroke Press Communication Connected Teams COVID-19 Telehealth Customer Success Australia
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St. Bernards Medical Center Improves STEMI Care Coordination (Case Study)

By Kinsie Clarkson on Sep 09, 2020

With state-of-the-art facilities and well-trained caregivers, St. Bernards’ cardiac teams were already achieving door-to-balloon (DTB) times well within the recommended guidelines for STEMI response. But that didn’t stop them from looking for ways to get even better.

“We have a lean process for STEMI response, but we needed a way to see the bigger picture for identifying areas we could improve,” said Lindsey Stacy, the hospital’s STEMI coordinator.

Topics: STEMI Press Communication Connected Teams Systems of Care Customer Success
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Named 2020 EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist

By Team Pulsara on Sep 04, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont., Sept. 4, 2020Pulsara, the leading telehealth and communication platform that connects teams across organizations, announced today that the company’s product Pulsara PATIENT has been honored as a 2020 EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist. As one of the most prominent voices in the prehospital emergency medical services community, EMS World employs the Innovation Awards program to recognize the industry’s most groundbreaking products of the year.

Topics: Press Innovation Awards
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Receives 2020 HealthTechZone Telehealth Award

By Team Pulsara on Aug 12, 2020

Telehealth Communication Platform Honored for Improving Healthcare Delivery

BOZEMAN, Mont., Aug. 12, 2020 Pulsara, the leading telehealth and communication platform that connects teams across organizations, announced today that the company has received a 2020 Telehealth Award from HealthTechZone.com, a leading healthcare technology news source. The award recognizes companies innovating and improving health delivery and management towards exceptional customer experiences. 

Topics: Press Awards Telehealth
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PRESS RELEASE: Pulsara Granted AHA Get With the Guidelines® Compatible Vendor Status

By Team Pulsara on Jul 31, 2020

BOZEMAN, Mont., July 31, 2020 — Pulsara, the leading telehealth and communication platform that connects teams across organizations, announced today that the company has been named a compatible vendor within the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® program. This premier AHA program assists hospitals in measuring and improving cardiovascular disease and stroke care through research-based methods, encouraging the latest scientific treatment guidelines and best practices. Officially, Pulsara is an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association compatible vendor for Get With The Guidelines® inpatient suite of programs, with program emphasis in coronary artery disease, resuscitation, and stroke.

Topics: Press