 | 2005 | | | Healthcare communication with integrated Mobility | | | Aastra MD110 and DECT phones | | | Australia and New Zealand (ANZA) | | | Australia |
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St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne provides medical, surgical and mental health services to over 51,000 patients each year. The hospital is a major teaching, research and tertiary referral center and can have up to 400 research projects running at any one time. With 5000 staff, the 800-bed facility relies on effective communication to provide the highest standard of patient care.
St Vincent's asked Ericsson to deliver the very latest in healthcare communication technology.
Some of the biggest challenges of working in an emergency department is that it’s a very fluid environment so its an area that’s constantly on the move and communicating with one another is a huge issue even though it’s a small area. The main focus of working in a hospital is to be with the patient and the cordless phones allow staff to be with the patients while still communicating with pathology, radiology and each other if they need something quickly. If they had to stay at a landline all the time it would definitely impact on the care that they could provide.
St. Vincent’s implemented an Ericsson MD 110, which works across multiple sites. On the Fitzroy Campus we also operate 350 DECT phones. The DECT cordless has enabled us to keep our staff in touch throughout the campus 24 hours a day.
The integrated Ericsson communication system is certified as non-interfering with medical equipment, making it ideal for use in St Vincent’s theatre environment. Communication is one of the most important things in running a ward, which means all day every day, 24 hours around the clock.
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