5 Benefits of Connect Health Nurse Call Systems

As a specialist in the manufacture, design, and installation of nurse call systems, here at Courtney Thorne, we consider ourselves to be experts in not just the innovative products themselves – but also in the industry of healthcare itself. We are well-equipped to provide healthcare organisations such as care homes and hospitals, with nurse call solutions that are built to the specific needs of their institutions – and one such example is our Connect Health nurse call system, designed with hospitals in mind. In this blog article, we are going to be exploring five of the most prominent benefits there are to using a Connect Health nurse call system, and how Connect Health can help to better support your nurses, doctors, and patients alike. 

What are Nurse Call Systems for Hospitals? 

Nurse call systems for hospitals are the typical call bell solution offered by the industry; only built with the specific needs of a hospital in mind. A hospital is a tightly-run, stringently-maintained, and highly-intense environment at the best of times, an environment that presents unique challenges to any piece of external healthcare technology or equipment. Hospitals have very different requirements when compared to a nursing or residential home, and so the features of a nurse call system for hospitals needs to reflect this. 

As you will soon discover, our Connect Health system comes equipped with a variety of unique features and touches, that make it the perfect solution for any hospital environment, including: 

1. Reliable Technology

Hospitals are some of the most important environments on the planet, with a vast network of staff, tools, and equipment working in tandem to deliver life-saving care. Arguably the most important feature of our Connect Health system, is its reliability. Your nurses will never have to question the ability of the Connect Health system to cope with the rigours of the hospital environment, due to the presence of state-of-the-art radio technology and a steady compliance with HTM 08-03 guidelines. 

Connect Health makes use of the best in Category 1 Radio technology; Category 1 being a high performance level of receiver, used in scenarios where a short range radio device may have inherent safety of human life implications. Connect Health is designed and tested to operate to ETSI EN 300 220-1 V3.1.1 (2017-02) Category 1 standards, and reliably maintains this standard with ease, meaning your nurses can rely on the system without needing to worry about whether it will still be in working condition or not between shifts. 

As well as this, the Connect Health nurse call system comes fully compliant with HTM 08-03 guidelines. It achieves this feat by providing clear audio and visual alerts and cable warnings on screen, in addition to logging all calls and events with detailed reports that can be called upon if required. The Connect Health system even provides a map of the ward that it is present in, allowing your staff to know exactly where calls are coming from at all times. With all these features, the Connect Health nurse call system easily complies with HTM 08-03 guidelines, and stands out as being an endlessly reliable form of healthcare technology. 

2. Simplicity of Use

Despite being a technological innovative and detailed piece of equipment, the Connect Health nurse call system is deceptively straightforward to install, and incredibly easy to use. This system has been manufactured with simplicity in mind, with call buttons that are clearly identifiable and easy to use for both patients and staff alike. And to install the Connect Health system is a matter of finding a spare moment, rather than a spare week! Our installation process is simple and clean, with little in the way of wiring required, allowing us to work in an operational hospital without any disruption at all to your staff or patients.

3. Modular and Flexible

At Courtney Thorne, we recognise that each and every hospital is its own world, with unique subtleties to how they are run, and bespoke requirements when it comes to any pieces of healthcare technology being used. With the Connect Health nurse call system, you will receive an incredibly reliable and modular piece of healthcare technology that comes inbuilt with the ability to adapt, and be flexible to the needs of your hospital without breaking.

The modular nature of the Connect Health nurse call system means that it can be added to and reconfigured with incredible ease, providing your wards with a call bell system that can grow and adapt alongside you, as you change layout and require different needs in the future. And with our customer-centric approach to product development and research, all of our nurse call products are developed in conjunction with what our clients are telling us – always ensuring that our systems can meet the exact needs of patients, nurses and managers alike.

4. Hybrid Design

While we are a strong proponent of the modern, wireless nurse call system, a unique strength of the Connect Health nurse call system is in its hybrid design. Making use of both wireless and wired solutions where applicable, the Connect Health system allows for call data to be transmitted via our incredibly reliable, Category 1 radio technology, or through cabled ethernet communication paths. This hybrid, wired and wireless design philosophy gives the Connect Health system an even greater degree of flexibility and applicability, allowing it to function excellently in any hospital environment.

5. Strong Integration

Finally, the Connect Health nurse call system offers myriad positives, when it comes to the potential of integrating with different smart devices and platforms. Making use of powerful wireless technology, the Connect Health system is able to seamlessly link up with smartphones, tablets, and strategically-placed Connect Touch and Mini Touch screens throughout your ward. This allows your nurses and staff to be able to access all of the detailed real time reports and emergency calls from the system, from nearly anywhere in your hospital – allowing them to make informed, quick-time decisions built from a foundation of hard data.

The strong integrability of the Connect Health nurse call system extends beyond just being able to link up with smart devices, too. The system comes fully equipped with a variety of different accessories and features, that will help make the lives of your staff and patients alike that little bit easier. This includes the likes of watch Mats, which are designed to trigger when a patient gets out of bed, Connect Assist function, allowing for patients to make calls from bathrooms and toilets, and Staff Attack alert systems, allowing for your nurses to alert colleagues when in the need of assistance when threatened, or in another emergency situation. These are just some of the additional features and accessories that make the Connect Health system a powerful piece of healthcare technology for hospitals.

The Connect Health nurse call system stands out as being one of our finest, all-encompassing pieces of healthcare technology, built with the bespoke needs of hospitals, and their staff and patients, in mind. If you would like to learn more about the powerful capabilities of this nurse call system, you can visit the Connect Health product overview page, and you can download our product brochure here. 

If you have an interest in perhaps installing the Connect Health system in your own hospital or healthcare institution, and would like to learn how this can be arranged, then be sure to get in touch with us over on our Contact page. You may also be interested in visiting our Support hub, which contains lots of resources such as User Guides and FAQs, that all explain our products in greater detail.

Written by

Barry Vacher

Date

08.05.24