Dr. Benton, call me on your VoIP badge
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Hospitals rank among the early adopters of wireless technologies. Indeed, most of employees walk the equivalent distance of a marathon every day. A British hospital pioneers a step further, bringing the VoIP into its doors. The staff of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS caries a voice-activated necklace phone device, developed by Vocera and British Telecom, which also contributed to install 500 wireless access points throughout the site.
The Vocera Communication Badges relies on 802.11b wireless LAN and shows only two buttons: one for answering call and giving voice commands, the other for putting oneself into do-no-disturb state. Users could play with it during 2 hours in active mode and up to 44 hours in standby mode. The recharging time is about 2 hours.
There’s no buddy or contact list in the Vocera badge. Instead the staff just ask for a pre-defined department before being put through to the first person available. BT claims this calling system advantageous.
A tricky question: According to you, how much money a system like Vocera can save?
Feb 27, 2006 | By Nuno
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