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Consumerization of Healthcare IT Is Coming. Are You Ready?
Do you know anyone who doesn’t use a smartphone? Nearly half of all adults in the United States now own at least one “smart” mobile device, and it won’t be long before those without are in the...
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One Tool, Many Uses
I am thrilled to have joined Voalte as VP of Product and Alliance Management. As the leader of the Product Management team, my primary role is to make sure we build the right product, to be available...
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World-Class Engineering
As we grow, Voalte faces a common challenge: how to expand an already impressive engineering team quickly, without sacrificing quality. We’ve attracted some of the most talented software engineers in...
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Every Voice Matters: Nurses Speak Up
Years ago, a wise COO told me, “I can’t help you if I don’t know what you need.” When dealing with a problem or issue, the first step is to understand the nature of the challenge. The same holds true...
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We Love Nurses
If you or a family member has ever been admitted to a hospital, you know how important nurses are. They take care of us when we’re most vulnerable, and comfort us with a smile when we’re in an...
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A Salute to Voalte Nurses
As a writer at Voalte, I have the opportunity to work with our marketing team, software engineers, salespeople and support specialists (or BFFs, as we fondly refer to them). It’s especially a pleasure...
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Are Your Nurses Being Served?
Every Chief Information Officer I know works hard to meet their hospitals’ needs and create a positive experience for patients. After all, patients are a hospital’s most important “customer.” Few...
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Highlights from HealthBeat
I’m in San Francisco this week at HealthBeat 2013, a new event that’s exploring “smart hospitals” and “smart practices” to help healthcare decision-makers identify the technologies transforming the...
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It's Not the Technology, It's How You Use It
“It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.” – Steve Jobs Last week I met with a large, community-based healthcare system. Like many CIOs I meet, they wanted to know: How does Voalte fit into...
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Revisiting History
It’s amazing how history repeats itself. Years ago, I worked with Wang Laboratories, a Massachusetts company that pioneered word processing back in the 1970s. At that time, word processing was...
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Top-Shelf Service
As Voalte has grown, our customers’ needs have grown as well. In the early years, many customers believed in our vision, but hesitated to jump in and implement new smartphone technology throughout...
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Talk About a Revolution
It’s an exciting time in the mobile health space. That excitement was evident a couple weeks ago at HealthBeat 2013, a new event that identifies technologies transforming the healthcare industry....
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Do More with Less
American companies are performing fairly well, despite high unemployment, a weak economy, slow job growth and stagnant wages. The stock market also has performed well recently, with corporate revenue...
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iOS 7 Is the Most Significant Update Since the Original iPhone
That’s what Craig Federighi, Sr. VP of Software Engineering at Apple, said about iOS 7, and I completely agree. I was at WWDC in San Francisco when Apple unveiled iOS 7, the latest version operating...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
With our company based in beautiful Sarasota, Florida, the Voalte team enjoys over 300 days of sunshine each year and some of the world’s most magnificent beaches. Our staff is an active group: We run,...
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Leave Voice Badges in the Past
Have you noticed that the personal phone you carry is light years more advanced than the device you depend on for complex clinical communication? The number-one reason for sentinel events in...
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Inside the Hospital, a Shared Device Model Is Your Best Alternative
The rewards of BYOD sound so sweet: Just imagine the funds you can save on mobile devices if employees bring their own smartphones to work! Think of the savings on your cellular plan! But like many...
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Let Your Fingers Do the Talking
To simplify communication for busy hospital nurses, some mHealth companies believe the answer lies in “hands-free” devices. By wearing a voice badge, they say, nurses are free to talk even when their...
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Stop Hunting and Gathering
When Voalte teamed up with American Nurse Today on our first clinical communication survey, we were surprised that nurses said they spend more than half their shift, or up to 6.3 hours, on tasks such...
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Top 10 Things You Will Never Do on a Legacy Phone
One of the first questions I ask hospital employees is, “What kind of phone do you use for your personal communication?” About 99 percent of the time, they name one of the latest smartphones. In other...
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