Helping clinicians to do their job ‘better, faster, and safer'

Paul Lawrence, managing director at Ascom, offers ‘a simple guide to help choose the best communication devices for clinicians’, and presents a bespoke communication solution for emergency response locations created by the company in consultation with healthcare clients, ‘specifically to help in the frontline fight against COVID-19’. The global provider of ICT, mobile workflow, and communication systems, says the system ‘highlights the importance of being flexible and offering innovative solutions that have a positive impact and support clients in challenging times’.

Mobile devices and apps have transformed the landscape for clinicians, providing many benefits – from faster patient response times, to better clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes. Today’s mobile devices offer more than just voice and text features; they have GPS location, high-resolution cameras, ‘man-down’, and safety alarm buttons. They can be used for standalone communication, or in conjunction with software that integrates and interoperates with clinical devices and electronic patient records. The result is a much broader spectrum of functionality and uses for mobile communications in medical setting systems, with the potential to significantly enhance and improve the work of clinicians

In a crowded provider market, however, how can you be sure that your workforce has the right mobile devices to enable them to work ‘smarter’ and safer, and focus on patient care, instead of running around trying to find a landline or a colleague? Are these mobile devices able to work just as effectively for your team in challenging times, and in emergency response locations, when use of more ‘traditional’ hospital infrastructure is not feasible