Real-time clinical workflow communication solutions will be now offered by the EXTENSION Mobile app for EXTENSION HealthAlert for Nurses and HealthAlert for Physicians. According to the announcement made by EXTENSION INC., the EXTENSION Mobile app has been approved and is now available on the Apple AppStore.
Enterprise healthcare organizations especially physicians and nurses can therefore avail these affordable bundled packages on their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch.
Organizations can download the EXTENSION Mobile app and demo for the iPhone and iPod Touch for free via the Apple AppStore. Without making a substantial investment, organizations will be therefore able to get first-hand knowledge of the capabilities of the solutions.
In a press release, Steve Tyler, CTO of EXTENSION, said, “The EXTENSION vision has always been about enabling context-aware communication on the users preferred device. The Apple iPhone and iPod Touch have had a huge impact on mobile communication and mobile access to data and so it made great sense to provide that clinical context-awareness on the Apple devices.”
EXTENSION’s HealthAlert for Nurses and HealthAlert for Physicians solutions include clinical workflows for critical lab result notification, nurse call integration, report availability alert to ordering physician, STAT order notification and staff assignment. Clinical workflows for device messaging to/from Cisco IP devices and smartphones like the iPhone and other mobile devices are also included.
In a statement, Whitney St. Pierre, Director of Marketing at EXTENSION, said, “The release of EXTENSION Mobile via the Apple AppStore is the culmination of a lot of hard work by various departments within EXTENSION. Our leadership, development, sales, and marketing teams collaborated to perform extensive market research to learn about what mHealth solutions are important for acute-care and ambulatory healthcare organizations.”
St. Pierre added that as per the company’s research, various clinical staff is in great need of mobile solutions. Enormous impact on quality of patient care is possible with improved mobility. According to Mrs. St. Pierre, the company is thrilled to offer free demos of HealthAlert for Nurses and HealthAlert for Physicians solutions via the Apple iPhone or iPod Touch after the quick approval.
Calvin Azuri is a contributing editor for HealthTechZone. To read more of Calvin’s articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Jaclyn Allard
