5 Benefits of using the Altra Health Nurse Call System for Hospitals

The healthcare industry consists of not just the most skilled and experienced healthcare professionals, but also of hundreds of pieces of innovative technology – all of which work together to both bring a better quality of care to patients, and make it easier for professionals to provide this higher-quality standard of care. At Courtney Thorne, our role in this delicate ecosystem is to provide innovative, industry-leading nurse call systems for hospitals all across the country; nurse call systems that can be relied upon in the most stressful of situations, and allow for better communication between the patient and the nurse. In this blog article, we are going to explore five of the most prominent benefits to our Altra Health system, one of our nurse call systems for hospitals that will provide reliable, modern, and intuitive support for healthcare professionals.

What do Nurse Call Systems for Hospitals look like? 

A nurse call system is a product that simply allows for the patient or resident in question to easily make contact with their nurse or carer, for a multitude of purposes. As one of the most stress-inducing, intense, and potentially life-altering environments, in one of the most important industries on the planet, nurse call systems for hospitals need to be correctly calibrated for this environment. They need to easily facilitate good, efficient communication between staff and patients, while providing a platform to better structure and plan-out the day-to-day of providing care. 

As this article will soon delineate, our Altra Health systems come equipped with a variety of unique touches and features, that make them easily able to provide all of the above requirements and more, including:

1. Secure connectivity

As with many modern pieces of healthcare technology, our Altra health nurse call systems for hospitals rely on their ability to integrate and work with your other devices. By utilising Bluetooth and reliable WiFi sensors, these systems can be integrated with a wide range of wireless accessories and smart devices (such as tablets and smartphones), giving your staff unprecedented access to the suite of monitoring and reporting functions that come with the Altra Health system. The Altra Health nurse call system for hospitals also uses dedicated European 869.2MHz social alarm frequencies to ensure clear and uninterrupted calls between patients and your nurses. It features ‘Listen before talk’ anti-collision technology and call acknowledgement, guaranteeing reliable and efficient call reception, and providing peace of mind for your staff.

As well as this, the Altra Health nurse call system comes with a series of Altra Touch and Altra MiniTouch screens that are strategically placed throughout your ward, allowing staff to respond to calls, and access reports and call logs, from nearly anywhere in the hospital.

2. Ease of use

Our Altra Health nurse call systems for hospitals are incredibly intuitive to use and easy to install. There is no programming or configuration necessary to start using this system, allowing for other Courtney Thorne devices to be added to your new system with ease. The installation process itself is incredibly unobtrusive and simple, too, with our products able to be installed into your space in under an hour – with no distracting wiring or engineering required. Our Altra Health nurse call systems for hospitals will be ready to use out of the box, the same day as your installation, with minimal disruption to patients and staff alike. 

What’s more, the Altra health system is an intuitive one to get to grips with, with our user guides, how-to videos and the Altra health brochure easily accessible on our website. 

3. Industry-leading capability 

The Altra Health nurse call system for hospitals has an industry-leading level of capability, when it comes to supporting your staff in providing quality care. This system is equipped with a variety of high-level features such as on-board sensors, fall detection sensors, and movement monitors that allow your staff to easily keep any eye and report on patient incidents – while also enhancing your team’s ability to provide a safe environment for patients. With wireless wearables, Altra Touch screens, and Altra MiniTouch screens, your staff can access all of the reporting and analysis functionality of this system from anywhere in the hospital. Meanwhile, the Altra Call Health buttons stand out as an industry-standard patient call button, providing patients with clearly-signposted, coloured, and illuminated buttons that can be easily reached by patients from the bathroom or the bedside. 

4. Modular and Flexible

The Altra Health nurse call system is designed to be modular and easily reconfigurable, allowing it to adapt to the evolving needs of your hospital or healthcare facility. Recognizing the unique requirements of each hospital, Courtney Thorne has developed this reliable and flexible system in collaboration with client feedback. This ensures the Altra Health nurse call system for hospitals meets the specific needs of the patients, nurses, and managers at your facility, while seamlessly accommodating changes in hospital layouts and demands.

5. Value for money

Opting for an Altra Health nurse call system for hospitals, over a more traditional hardwired system, can present significant savings over time. Our wireless Altra Health system requires little in the way of mains power, installation costs, and other compromises, meaning that this system can provide all the benefits of a nurse call system with significantly fewer resources used and costs. Our studies have even shown that a wireless nurse call system such as Altra Health can lead to a demonstrable cost-benefit of as much as 40%; for more information on the savings you can accrue, you can read our article on wired vs wireless systems here.  

The Altra Health nurse call system stands out as being one of our best pieces of healthcare technology, and is built with the bespoke needs of healthcare facilities, 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 Altra Health product overview page, and you can download our product brochure here. 
If you hold an interest in installing the Altra Health nurse call system in your hospital or healthcare institution, and would like to learn more about how this could be arranged, then you should get in touch with us over on our Contact page. You may also be interested in visiting our Support hub, which holds several resources such as User Guides and FAQs, all of which explain our products and how they work in much greater detail.

Written by

Barry Vacher

Date

24.07.24