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Amcom Road Show: Healthcare Unified Communications


12 August 2010

Amcom Software, Inc. announced that its Commtech Wireless division is beginning its second-annual healthcare road show today. The team of industry experts will meet with healthcare professionals to discuss key trends and challenges in the Australian cities of Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, as well as in Auckland, New Zealand.

Each half-day event will explore the communications challenges in modern Australian hospitals and how Amcom Software solutions can improve efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining patient safety. In addition, a guest speaker from sponsor, Blackberry (Research in Motion) will deliver the keynote speech on how smartphones are revolutionising communications for physicians, nurses, and patients.

Key topics to be covered during the road show:

  • Replacing pagers in healthcare - are smartphones the answer?
  • How to instantly send clinical alerts to staff members
  • Helping heart attack victims receive life-saving treatment faster
  • Manual on-call roster management
  • New technologies aimed at improving critical hospital communications