How a Small Hospital Can Save $777,000 with Unified Communications

Business phone systems have changed dramatically in the last ten years.

In the old days, a PBX was a specialty electronic device with one job – to manage your internal phone system and connect to the dial tone provided by the phone company. The computer data network in your hospital was completely separate from your PBX and phones. Each of the two networks required separate wiring, a separate support team (whether internal or external) and there was no ability to share data between the computer and the phone. That has all changed – creating great opportunities for savings and efficiency.

With Unified Communications, you now can have one physical network supported internally by your administrative team with help from the same team that supports your data network today. You can deliver appropriate data from your computers to your phone system. Download (password required)

Five Ways Unified Communications is Changing Business Today

For most companies (particularly those with multiple locations or that have grown by acquisition), these communications methods have no consistency across the organization, and they are supported by different vendors, carriers, and by different internal, and external, service staff.

Many business applications and processes, such as accounting or order processing, use software running on centralized servers to provide consistent procedures and processes to optimize the operations. However, communications in most companies is still disjointed and uncoordinated, even though most managers agree on the critical importance of effective communication among their teams and customers.

Today, with the advent of unified communications software (UCS), running on a PC server, it is possible to coordinate and consolidate……Download (password required)