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How Nursing Informatics and Alarm Management Reduce Fatigue and Improve Patient Outcomes

When every beep sounds like an emergency, but most aren’t, the danger is real. In hospitals, alarms are meant to save lives, yet their constant chorus often does the opposite. This phenomenon, known as alarm fatigue, occurs when clinicians become desensitized to...

The Complete Guide to Healthcare Technology Success: Vendor Trust, Workflow Innovation, and Leadership

What does it really take to make healthcare technology adoption successful? It’s not about the latest gadgets or flashy demos; it’s about building authentic relationships, engaging the right stakeholders, and focusing on outcomes that matter. From earning trust with...

Workplace Safety in Healthcare: How RTLS Protects Nurses & Patients

Picture this: A patient needs urgent care, and a nurse is rushing to find the right equipment, while precious time is slipping away. In these critical moments, knowing exactly where people and resources are can mean the difference between chaos and calm. ...

Safety Without Slip-Ups: Rauland’s Telecenter is Revolutionizing Emergency Communication Systems

In an era of rising safety concerns in schools and hospitals, how can technology ensure no critical moment is missed? Thanks to a longstanding relationship between Lone Star Communications and Rauland, we’re able to learn more and contribute to advancing technology...

35 Years Strong: Lone Star Communications Honors Its Legacy and Looks Ahead to an Employee-Owned Future

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — OCTOBER 14, 2025 — Lone Star Communications, a leader in delivering integrated safety and communication technology solutions, is proud to announce the celebration of its 35th anniversary. Since its founding in 1991, Lone Star has been dedicated...

Lone Star Communications Appoints Dan Baxter as Chief Technology Officer and Jon Pennington as Deputy CTO to Drive Innovation and Growth

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS—SEPTEMBER 2, 2025—Lone Star Communications, a leader in delivering integrated safety and communication technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Dan Baxter as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Jon Pennington as Deputy Chief...

What Hospitals Really Want from Their Vendors

The customer experience, more specifically, being able to understand and strengthen partnerships with complex enterprises like hospitals, is just one of the many industry challenges. One of our many goals is to gain fundamental insights, understanding the customer...

Empowering Employees: The Future of Lone Star Communications

Quick summary: Lone Star Communications is now proudly employee-owned through an ESOP. This transformative move gives employees a direct stake in the company’s success and helps preserve its leadership and values for the long term. Lone Star has grown into a trusted...

Future of Healthcare Technology: Balancing Needs, Wants, and Data

Quick summary: Effective healthcare technology should align with clinician workflows, not just add more features—tools must reduce burden and improve patient outcomes. Feature overload is often fear-driven, leading to unnecessary alerts and inefficiency; instead,...

Lone Star Communications Transitions to Employee Ownership Through ESOP

GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS—Lone Star Communications, a leader in delivering integrated safety and communication technology solutions, is proud to announce its transition to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This strategic move marks a significant milestone in Lone...

The Future of Fall Prevention with Predictive Monitoring

Quick Summary: Ocuvera’s AI-enabled technology identifies patient movements that signal a likely unassisted bed exit—helping staff intervene before a fall occurs. Successful adoption depends on involving frontline staff early, integrating alerts into existing...

Why Real-Time Access and Smart Devices are the Future of Healthcare Safety

Quick summary: Advancements in technology now allow healthcare professionals to access real-time data, enabling quick responses to patient needs. This ensures faster decision-making and improved care delivery. Wearables such as smartwatches and fitness trackers...

Lone Star Communications Enhances Customer Experience Focus with New Chief Marketing Officer Appointment:

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Lone Star Communications (LSC), a leader in healthcare and education communication technology solutions, announces the appointment of Kenny Schiff as Chief Marketing Officer. This strategic move reinforces LSC's commitment to delivering superior...

StarCare CX: Experience Excellence, Every Time

In today’s fast-paced healthcare environment, the days of transactional customer care are over. Providers demand more, and Lone Star has risen to the challenge by transforming its approach to customer engagement. Historically, technology service providers like Lone...

Lone Star Communications Leans in on CX (Customer Experience): StarCare CX Takes up the Superlative Customer Experience Torch

To celebrate its 33rd Anniversary, Lone Star Communications (LSC) announces the launch of StarCare CX, a new customer experience program built to foster the exceptional relationships the company has established in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and beyond. The Grand...

Optimizing Tech Utilization in Hospitals

Despite the promise of improved patient care and operational efficiency, many hospitals fail to realize the full potential of their technology investments. The problem isn’t the technology itself—it’s how it’s implemented. The key to success lies in aligning...

Predict, Prevent, Protect: The New Age of Fall Prevention in Healthcare

For many, the dream of aging comfortably at home is becoming a significant priority. Home-based technology is playing a critical role in making this a reality. Tim O’Malley, the Vice President and Division Manager of TPC Systems’ healthcare unit, has been at the...

The Vocera Difference: Beyond a Panic Button

Quick Summary The partnership between Stryker and Lone Star Communications aims to enhance communication and safety in educational institutions through the integration of Stryker's Vocera wearable mobility platform with Rauland's Telecenter U educational platform. The...

Do Hospitals still need Middleware and CC&C?

Quick Summary Middleware and CC&C, which play a crucial role in the hospital enterprise, have evolved from bridging systems like nurse call and telemetry to enabling clinical workflow on smartphones and other devices. “Accidental architecture”—which comes from the...

Is Your Hospital Ready for the Clinical Mobility Wave?

Quick Summary With their unique requirements for secure, efficient communications, healthcare facilities need to exert care and patience when introducing new mobile devices into existing workflows. Integrating new mobile technology can be risky and expensive,...

Data Across the Boards: Vizabli’s Acute Care Solution

Quick Summary Vizabli’s acute care engagement platform addresses healthcare staffing shortages by offering an integrated technology solution that weaves together data from multiple systems into an elegant, seamless, integrated presentation. Whether displaying...

Nurse Call Systems Don’t Always Need Upgrades: Patient Experiences Do

Quick Summary It’s important to embrace new healthcare technology. But starting from scratch isn’t always necessary. Companies like HatchMed aim to extract maximum actionable value from nurse call systems, saving care teams time, supporting efforts to provide...

Protecting Patients and Supporting Staff: Health Care Alarm Analytics Reduce Fall Risk

Quick Summary Patient falls are a significant and all-too-common problem for acute care hospitals. Fall events can result in physical injury and psychological distress for patients, as well as increased costs and damaged reputations for hospitals. Multi-source alarm...

AI and Nursing: How Do We Know Your Product Is Safe to Use With Patients and Staff?

Bringing AI into healthcare settings is daunting both for patients and healthcare professionals, including administrators and those on the ground in hospitals every day. How can predictive models be trusted? Are they really safe to use, and do they comply with the...

Vision AI Pioneer Intellisee CCO: Healthcare Delivery Organizations Should Embrace AI Cameras

Quick Summary SaaS-based vision AI pioneer IntelliSee leverages existing camera infrastructure to create safer, more secure healthcare settings for patients by acting as an emergency trigger for spotting dangerous situations. AI continues to ripple through and...

Lone Star Launches Alairo® Solutions

Quick Summary Jeff Richard has been named President of Lone Star Communications’ Alairo Solutions Group, which builds on Lone Star’s legacy by helping customers get the most out of new and existing technology systems. By providing innovative tools focused on fall...

Mate: Bringing a Circadian Twist to Hospitals

Quick Summary Mate, a circadian rhythm lighting company, hopes to transform healthcare by introducing a brand of LED technology that not only improves wellness for patients and hospital staff but reduces energy and construction costs for healthcare facilities. By...

The Top 6 Reasons To Join a Professional Organization

Quick Summary Professional organizations like the North Texas Organization for Nursing Leadership (NTONL) offer educational, networking, and personal advantages for Nurse Leaders at any level. Professional organizations are committed to providing members...

Cloud-Powered Healthcare: Embracing Innovation and Security

Quick Summary Despite cloud computing being close to two decades old, some IT stakeholders are still nervous about implementing cloud-based solutions — especially for apps and services for sensitive data-driven health delivery organizations (HDOs). Because of...

Coordinating the Dots: Putting the Grand Unified Theory of Healthcare Communications into Practice

Quick Summary The Grand Unified Theory of Healthcare (GUTOH) encourages providers to conceptualize healthcare as a single force rather than examining each individual slice of the industry in a vacuum. GUTOH employs a data-driven approach, using metrics for...

Top 5 Stakeholders for Healthcare Technology Implementation

Quick Summary Five organizational stakeholders—clinical, information technology (IT), informatics, biomedical engineering (BME), and facilities management—need engagement to increase the likelihood of success for healthcare technology implementation projects. Instead...

Lone Star Acquires CareSight to Expand Alarm Management Services for Hospital Decision-Makers

Lone Star Communications’ acquisition of CareSight will make it the only automated, multi- source solution as a service on the market that can deliver actionable data to nursing managers, patient quality officers, and hospital executives. Lone Star Communications,...

35 Years Strong: Lone Star Communications Honors Its Legacy and Looks Ahead to an Employee-Owned Future

Lone Star Communications Appoints Dan Baxter as Chief Technology Officer and Jon Pennington as Deputy CTO to Drive Innovation and Growth

Lone Star Communications Transitions to Employee Ownership Through ESOP

Lone Star Communications Enhances Customer Experience Focus with New Chief Marketing Officer Appointment:

Lone Star Communications Leans in on CX (Customer Experience): StarCare CX Takes up the Superlative Customer Experience Torch

Lone Star Launches Alairo® Solutions

Lone Star Acquires CareSight to Expand Alarm Management Services for Hospital Decision-Makers

Lone Star Launches Alairo® Solutions

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Healthcare

As the #1 Rauland nurse call systems dealer, we have designed more healthcare facility integrations than anyone in the industry. Our innovative solutions leverage existing tech to improve patient safety and satisfaction.

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StarCare CX

Our tailored, outcome-focused solutions are designed in partnership with our customers. We keep caregivers’ needs in sharp focus.

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StarCare CX

Our tailored, outcome-focused solutions are designed in partnership with our customers. We keep caregivers’ needs in sharp focus.

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We help create safer, quieter schools to support healthy and productive learning environments. Lone Star Communications partners with customers to make the most of existing technology and infrastructure.

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