Using Cell Phones to Improve Patient Care
Nurses at the Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Florida are using iPhones equipped with the Voalte One patient care program. The program allows the nurses to access information related to the patients under their care. Below is a quote from a post on jkontherun:
The Voalté One packages leverages voice calls, patient alarms and text messages to notify nurses of patient needs, and the program is being claimed as successful so far. “The nurses have embraced the technology and have given us great feedback,” said P.J. Floyd, Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. “The Voalté One makes them better able to respond quickly to patient’s needs.” After scouring the Voalte One website I was unable to determine if patients can send text messages via their own cell phones directly to the nurse. It would be a great idea if the hospitals would allow patients to use their own phone to directly contact the nursing staff. The name Voalte comes from a combination of Voice, Alarm, and Text.
