Nurses working in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston will be given iPhones to communicate and manage work while they are on duty. The staff will be using the Voalte communications system in the hospital’s newest facility, the Lunder building, after testing the offering against Voice over IP (VoIP) and badge-based communications technologies during a pilot phase, Mobiledia report.

Through the system, nurses and doctors can communicate with colleagues, receive nurse calls and monitors alarms remotely on their iPhones. The system also allows medical personnel to rank and categorise notifications according to urgency and priority.

Voalte allows users to use voice calls, alarms and text communication to improve communication and manage workflow. The company also offers medical reference tools through a partnership with medical app Epocrates.

The move reflects the growing use of iPhones and iPads among medical professionals with a number of different hospitals signing up to Voalte’s services. According to the hospital, they chose Voalte due to its reliability, versatility and ease of use, allowing staff to respond to medical situations faster and more efficiently.