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Smart nurse call systems

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Explore Ascom’s nurse call solution for hospitals and acute care helps your staff have the tools to access and respond to alerts, messages, and clinical data.
Experience the power of Ascom's Telligence 6 nurse call system in this captivating video. From a child's perspective, witness the state-of-the-art features that make a difference in personalized care. Join skilled and caring clinicians as they utilize leading-edge healthcare technology to provide exceptional care for Tammy's grandmother. Explore the latest release of Telligence 6, designed to enhance communication and optimize patient outcomes. Discover how this advanced nurse call system elevates the caregiving experience, making a positive impact on families and ensuring the highest level of care for every patient.
The UK's first ‘paperless’ hospital improves clinical safety and cuts nurses’ admin. Learn how clinician-led, interoperable technology is making ‘invisible’ patients visible at Chase Farm Hospital. Chase Farm Hospital (CFH) in London – the UK’s first new-build ‘paperless’ hospital – has improved clinical safety and dramatically reduced admin, releasing more time for patient care, thanks to joined-up technology from Ascom UK. The hospital, which is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, opened in September 2018. It has a range of interoperable technology built in from the ground up in its surgical ward with 50 beds, 42 of which are ensuite single patient rooms, eight theatres, day surgery, endoscopy, clinics and urgent care centre across five floors. With its 42 single rooms the hospital faced the challenge of making the ‘invisible’ patient visible - addressing their nurses’ key concern: that they might miss a serious clinical issue while attending to other tasks away from the patient. Central to the new hospital’s success is a sophisticated nurse call system, co-designed by nurses with Ascom, and integrated with Ascom Myco smartphones, to connect them to patients, colleagues and other technology across the hospital. The benefits, so far, realised by clinicians: Virtual safety huddles – wards saving up to 45 minutes a day by doing them ‘virtually’, in 30 seconds, via group texting on smartphones. Shared information is recorded for use at any time. Nurses saving up to 30 minutes a day each on audits, previously done manually, but now digitally via the Perfect Ward smartphone app. Nurses can view and send audits at the touch of a button. Theatre recovery throughput – saving up to 15 minutes per patient (average 30 procedures a day) in moving through recovery and back to the wards by more efficient and effective communications. Bed turnaround time – up to 40 minutes per bed saved using domestic clinical workflow button, which ensures staff arrive more quickly. Patients are more ‘visible’ to staff via speech software and monitoring of integrated medical devices from anywhere in the hospital. Leading the way – digital transformation and interoperability The Hospital has been assessed by HIMSS (the global Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) as having achieved stage 6 in the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). It is one of just three hospitals in the UK to reach this level of ‘paperless’ maturity. The nurse call system is fully interoperable with technology from other suppliers at the Hospital, including GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare, Cerner and various app providers, to enable a more joined-up, holistic approach to care.