iPhones Adopted by The Nebraska Medical Center

Nurses and clinicians at The Nebraska Medical Center, the state’s largest health care facility, will soon be using iPhones to improve their communication and increase efficiency, thanks to Voalté’s first-of-its-kind integrated communication solution. The Nebraska Medical Center is the first academic-based medical center in the country to implement the Voalté solution.

 

Voalté, an application that consolidates voice, alarm and text on the versatile iPhone platform, was selected by the Medical Center after a year-long mobile technology review and assessment of legacy handsets and voice badges.

 

“We’re thankful The Nebraska Medical Center selected Voalté after a rigorous selection process,” said Trey Lauderdale, vice president of innovation at Voalté. “Partnerships of this sort continue to validate our commitment to increasing nursing excellence and patient safety.”

 

According to Lauderdale, many of our nation’s nurses are still using archaic tools such as pagers or bulky legacy VoIP phones that weren’t designed for everyday use, so they spend much of their time dealing with, finding or coordinating information.

 

The Voalté solution will enable nurses and clinicians at the teaching hospital to send and receive presence-based text messages and make high-definition voice calls across the hospital VoIP system on one device, providing faster response to patients. The hospital-wide installation will integrate hundreds of iPhones to the hospital’s PBX and WiFi system thus leveraging existing infrastructure for optimal communication.

 

“As the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, we are committed to focusing on quality improvement,” said Lianne Stevens, CIO and vice president of information technology at The Nebraska Medical Center.

 

“Communication is an essential ingredient for excellent patient care,” added Dawn Straub, Director, Nursing Professional Practice and Development at The Nebraska Medical Center. “We recognize the importance of smartphone technology and how it can give our nurses more time with their patients.”

 

The Apple iPhone is a perfect fit for a teaching hospital that is known for its innovation and quality patient care, according to Voalté’s CEO Rob Campbell, a former Apple pioneer.

 

“Apple has a long-standing commitment to improving education, so what better tool to use than the iPhone to streamline communication and integrate voice, alarm and texts so that nurses can communicate more efficiently and focus on patient care,” he said.