Feature release: adding attachments
Change in communication methods We are now connecting over 18,000 healthcare professionals across the NHS and are excited to announce the next release of Alertive. We have just launched a new way to collaborate with your colleagues. We have expanded our messaging tools and now offer full attachment support. In addition to images, users can communicate …
The Use of Roles to improve healthcare communication Current communication practices in healthcare organisations like NHS Trusts tend to rely on identifying individuals best placed to help provide advice or support. As staff shortages lead to more fluidity in the workforce and models evolve to support more care in different settings, the burden placed on …
The deadline for phasing out Pagers has passed and several Trusts are accelerating their efforts to deploy new and more efficient digital solutions. We spoke to doctors, nurses and IT professionals about their experiences in giving up the pager – to see if there was anything we could learn. Why Change now? Dr Tylan, Doctor …
Recent events brought on by the pandemic have significantly changed the way we work and communicate, showing us that we need greater flexibility and mobile/remote access to information. Bring-your-own-device is a work practice that has increasingly gained momentum not just around the world, but across the UK, where 45% of organisations are encouraging it, including …
Pager use is still widespread, we share a summary of our most recent research findings here.
As a result of out-dated communication methods, over 600,000 NHS professionals regularly use WhatsApp and other consumer messaging services to connect within the workplace. Pandemic or no pandemic, messaging tools bring undeniable benefits to the healthcare sector, and with Matt Hancock insisting that doctors must abandon pagers by 2021, the need for compliant and secure …
