Clik here to view.
Benefits of Smartphones in Hospitals
What makes a Voalte nurse a happy nurse? Let’s start with easier communication, more time by the bedside, fewer unnecessary interruptions and a faster response time. Follow that up with less overhead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No Easy Test
Hospitals are known as an unfriendly wireless environment. Where a typical office network can support a couple of wireless devices per worker with one access point, hospitals are large buildings with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1 Month, 3 Million Texts
We keep track of how our customers are using our products so we can constantly improve the technologies we offer. Recently, we’ve seen steady growth in the number of text messages nurses send every day...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting It Right
With Voalte technology now in more than 30 hospitals throughout the country, and another 30 projects in the works, we’ve encountered all types of technical infrastructures, numerous clinical workflows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Are Your Patients Saying About Your Hospital?
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation, and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” - Warren BuffettWith the growing popularity of online reviews, Warren...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Hour in Nurse Shoes
Two weeks back, I had a great opportunity to shadow an RN at a prominent hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. We had set up the meeting originally as a short, informal sync up, but she found some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Smartphones Can Impact HCAHPS Scores
No patient wants to lie in bed listening to stressful, unnecessary noise. Yet ringing phones and overhead paging are common sounds in hospital hallways, despite being counterproductive to a healing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nurse Communication Is Just the Beginning
Leading hospitals across the country are moving away from outdated technologies and adopting smartphones as the ultimate alternative for caregiver communication. As smartphones proliferate at the point...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appreciating Our Health IT Teams
As a former CIO, I understand and appreciate the value of health IT teams. Over the years, the IT professionals I’ve worked with have been some of the most hard-working, operationally-savvy, and often...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Is It So Quiet?
As a Project Manager, I spend a lot of time in our customer hospitals before, during and after they go live with Voalte smartphones. Every hospital is different, but many of their communication...
View ArticleClik here to view.
When Seconds Count…
I recently had the opportunity to attend my first Voalte “go-live” at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. On an early weekday morning, I entered the hospital excited...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making Tough Choices Easier
I’ve been traveling a lot lately. Over the past month I’ve visited customers in several states, and last week I accompanied one of our Account Reps to a Georgia hospital that is facing some tough...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Healthcare and Technology: We Grow Together
In the wake of massive industry change, the healthcare space is fertile ground for new technologies. The challenge is, innovative companies with groundbreaking ideas often have a hard time raising...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Getting to Know You
At Voalte we do a lot more than build effective communication tools for hospital clinicians. We also provide the long-term service and support necessary to make sure our customers get the most value...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Professional Responsibility
As President of the Nebraska Nurses Association, I challenge nurses to strive for excellence. According to the American Nursing Association’s Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, a professional...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clinicians Hold the Key
Many hospitals are facing difficult choices about how to help caregivers communicate more efficiently and how existing systems will tie in with future technologies. One thing we know for sure: Keeping...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making Secure Connections
It’s no secret HIPAA violations are costly. The recent upswing in fines and penalties leveled by Health & Human Services only increases the financial repercussions for healthcare organizations. Yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Step at a Time
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR), part of Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, recently replaced an outdated communication system with Voalte smartphones. You may have seen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Your Health, From Our Voalte Family
“I’m thankful that I’m a mammal.” Don Fletcher, Chief ScientistWe’re a pretty lucky bunch here at Voalte. We work at a dynamic young company that’s making a difference. We live and work in beautiful...
View ArticleThe Magic of Bringing People Together
When everyone works together, the possibilities seem endless. That’s why we’re all about teamwork here at Voalte, dedicated to connecting the right caregivers with the right information, at the right...
View Article