Dalcon Team Attends KIRK Commercial and Technical Partner Event 2011
Every year Kirk invites its partners to the company’s headquarters in Denmark to improve partner relationships and encourage the development of interoperability of solutions. Members of the Dalcon team will be in attendance this year.
Kirk is a manufacturer of DECT wireless handsets and solutions, including the 7020 and 7040 series made specifically for healthcare.
At the event Dalcon will be showing Dalcon Alert, Dalcon’s Patient Care Notification and Alarm Management system. Wireless phones are an important part of the Dalcon Alert solution, and though Dalcon Alert is device agnostic, Dalcon advocates the use of Kirk healthcare specific wireless handsets.
Dalcon Featured in Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare Magazine
Dalcon was featured in the March/April issue of Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare, a clinical leader magazine.
The featured topic of the March/April issue was Alarm Notification systems, which is a perfect fit for the Dalcon Alert Patient Care Notification System. The cover article discussed the strengths of alarm notification systems in increasing patient safety and the quality of patient care, as well as overcoming the challenges presented by alarm fatigue via alarm management.
Read more at Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare’s website:
PSQH: Alarm Management Showcase
Dalcon at AONE Conference 2011
Dalcon will be exhibiting at the 2011 American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) annual meeting and exposition April 13-16, in booth 1036. This will be the third year that Dalcon has exhibited its solutions at AONE, and the second year where the focus will be on Dalcon’s flagship product, Dalcon Alert.
Dalcon Alert is Dalcon’s Patient Care Notification and Alarm Management solution that allows clinicians to receive notifications on wireless phones. Notifications can be either patient care related, such as bed turn reminders for pressure ulcer prevention, or alarm related, such as a bed fall alarm notification for use with a fall prevention policy.
Attendees who visit the Dalcon booth (Booth 1036) can register with Dalcon to win 2 free round trip tickets to any Southwest Airlines destination.
For more information about Dalcon at AONE 2011, or Dalcon Alert, call 877-WE-UNIFY (938-6439) or click here to send us a message.
Dalcon at the 2011 TONE Annual Conference
Dalcon will be exhibiting the Dalcon Alert Patient Care Notification solution March 4th at the 2011 TONE annual conference in Dallas, Texas.
Dalcon Alert is Dalcon’s award winning notification solution that integrates with in-room medical devices, such as IV-pumps, ventilators, and beds. Dalcon Alert sends notifications to multiple endpoints including wireless phones when these in-room devices go into alarm status.
The 2011 annual conference, Charting the Future, provides learning, networking and collaboration opportunities for Texas nurse leaders. Educational topics are focused on current issues facing the healthcare industry.
For more information about Dalcon Alert call 877-WE-UNIFY (938-6439) or click here to send us a message.
Next Intelligence Health and Dalcon Communications Announce Partnership for Advanced Patient Care
WILMINGTON, Del. and NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2011 — Next Intelligence Corporation (NiQ), the leader in message-based nurse call systems, today announced a partnership with Dalcon Communication Systems, Inc. for integration, development, and distribution of their products.
The combined offering will include NiQ’s CarePlus™ message-based nurse call system, Dalcon’s VoIP-based voice talkback to patient rooms, and the Dalcon Alert™ solution that sends patient care notifications to wireless devices.
“Dalcon is a trusted provider of advanced communication technology and services for the healthcare industry nationwide,” said Chris Clabaugh, Vice President of Business Development, NiQ. “The combination of CarePlus advanced message and workflow nurse call systems with Dalcon’s world class services and communication technology should prove extremely attractive to acute care and aged care facilities of all sizes. We look forward to partnering with them to deliver our combined solutions.”
“Our goal as a company is to enhance patient safety and the quality of care at the moment it’s needed. We’re constantly looking for solutions that help us meet that important goal. In CarePlus we’ve discovered innovative technology that surpasses nursecall in the traditional sense, where the hardware is not just used as a box on the wall. Our integrated solutions will immediately empower clinicians to see a bigger, clearer picture of the patient care environment,” said John Menees, Director of Health Care at Dalcon.
About NiQ
NiQ is a US-based corporation with offices in the USA, UK and Australia. CarePlus has been successfully installed in more than 200 healthcare implementations and is actively recruiting distributors and reselling partners globally. VAR, SI and resellers desiring more information should browse to http://www.partners.niq-health.com.
About Dalcon Communication Systems, Inc.
Dalcon has developed software systems and solutions for over 30 years in the nation’s health care capital, Nashville, TN. Dalcon bridges the latest in communications technology and data functionality into one flexible and integrated system. Dalcon is focused on improving patient care and safety through the delivery of unified communications solutions to the healthcare industry. www.dalcon.com
Contacts:
Chris Clabaugh, Vice President Business Development, NIQ
info.usa@niq-health.com
650.762.5143
John Menees, Director, Health Care, Dalcon
john@dalcon.com
615.577.9017
C7 Technologies and Dalcon Communication Systems, Inc. Announce Partnership
NASHVILLE, TN – C7 Technologies, an affiliate of Vanguard Health Systems, and Dalcon Communication Systems, Inc. announced a new partnership for the development and promotion of software to improve safety and quality at the hospital bedside. The application, Continuum, provides nurses and bedside care providers with near real-time information at their fingertips to track care required against care received for each patient. The system will be integrated with a wide variety of hospital based information systems, and deliver both near real-time status and progressively intensive alerts to nursing staff if care falls outside of established guidelines and pathways.
Continuum was developed by C7 Technologies to help synthesize the fragmented information clinicians must deal with every day. Used by Vanguard Hospitals nationwide for almost two years, Continuum has proven the effectiveness of timely, accurate information at the point of care. Dalcon Communication Systems is a nationally respected developer and distributor of health care management solutions like Dalcon Communications Manager and Dalcon Alert, which provide advanced, in-room monitoring and nurse communication systems to improve patient safety and quality of care.
Under terms of the agreement, C7 will license Continuum to Dalcon and Dalcon will have rights to market and distribute Continuum worldwide. C7 and Dalcon will collaborate in on-going design development of the product and customized applications.
“We were searching for a firm with great vision and a proven track record to help us build better information and communication systems at the bedside,” said Bobby Addison, CEO of C7 Technologies. “In Dalcon we have found an ideal partner. They have an impressive record of reliability and a visionary leadership team.”
“Our goal as a company is to bring better care and impeccable quality to the patient at the moment it is needed. We are constantly looking for solutions that help us meet that important goal. In Continuum we have found an innovative approach to synthesizing information so doctors and nurses can see the big picture in one place,” said David Condra, CEO of Dalcon Communication Systems.
About C7 Technologies:
C7 Technologies was created within Vanguard Health Systems to develop innovative solutions for the improvement of health and health care.
About Dalcon Communication Systems:
Dalcon is focused on improving patient care and safety through the delivery of unified communications solutions to the healthcare industry. Dalcon has enjoyed national recognition by winning the Internet Telephony Magazine Product of the Year Award three years running, the VON Magazine’s Innovator Award, and Unified Communications Magazine’s Product of the Year Award.
Contact:
For C7 Technologies:
Bobby Addison
615-829-7315
For Dalcon Communication Systems:
David Condra
615-577-9009
Dalcon at Nursing Management Congress 2010
Thursday the 23rd of September, the Dalcon team traveled to Dallas, Texas to attend the Nursing Management Congress 2010 expo.
At Nursing Management Congress, attendees are able to network with colleagues, have discussions with faculty and industry experts, and visit numerous exhibits that provide alternatives and strategies for improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of care delivery and nursing practice in various healthcare settings.
Dalcon exhibited and demonstrated Dalcon Alert in booth 113. Dalcon Alert is Dalcon’s award-winning patient care communications solution. The system integrates with patient monitoring devices such as bed exit pads, IV pumps, and more. Then Dalcon Alert pushes the alerts created by these devices to multiple endpoints including wireless phones carried by staff and the nursing station console.
“Nursing Management Congress was a great opportunity to connect with a wide variety of nurse leaders in person,” said John Menees, Director of Business Development at Dalcon. “We continue to be delighted at the positive responses we get from hospital leaders regarding Dalcon Alert, and Nursing Management Congress was no exception.”
Dalcon at HMS Expo 2010
The Dalcon Team will be exhibiting Dalcon’s latest patient care communications solution, Dalcon Alert, in booth 25 at the 2010 HMS Expo, April 13-16 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dalcon Alert brings hospitals Remote Patient Monitoring and Alert Management by integrating with existing patient monitoring devices. The solution sends device alert messages to wireless phones, or pagers, carried by the nursing staff. Alerts are also sent to a central server so they can be actively managed by staff on a PC display at the nursing station. A reporting system is also built into the system on the server side.
“Dalcon has found from past experience that the HMS exposition is a great way to connect with healthcare industry leaders that are relevant to us,” David Condra, Dalcon CEO, said.
The HMS meeting and expo is held annually by Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. Representatives from the roughly 600 hospitals who use HMS’s solutions attend the event each year.
Dalcon at the 2010 AONE Annual Meeting and Exposition
Dalcon’s team will be exhibiting and demoing Dalcon Alert in booth 243 at this year’s AONE Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 9-13 2010, in Indianapolis Indiana.
Dalcon Alert is Dalcon’s award winning patient care communications solution. Dalcon Alert integrates with patient monitoring devices such as bed exit pads, IV pumps, and more, as well as the nurse call system. Dalcon Alert pushes the alerts created by these devices to multiple endpoints including wireless phones carried by staff and the nursing station console.
Dalcon’s success at the 2009 AONE expo prompted the company’s return visit. “We look forward to this year’s expo,” said John Menees, Director of Business Development at Dalcon, “To reconnect with relationships that we built last year, as well as create new relationships for the future.”
Attendees who visit the Dalcon booth (Booth 243) can register with Dalcon to win 2 free round trip tickets to any Southwest Airlines destination.
For more information about Dalcon at AONE 2010, or Dalcon Alert, call 877-WE-UNIFY (938-6439) or click here to send us a message.
2009 AACCN National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in New Orleans
Dalcon was present at this year’s American Association of Critical-Care Nurses NTI expo. The 2009 expo was held in New Orleans May 16-21. With around 6000 nurses and more than 400 exhibitors attending, the 2009 NTI expo was a great opportunity for both critical care nurses-and healthcare centered companies.
The Dalcon healthcare team networked with nurses and created relationships with many hospitals from all over the country. According to John Menees, Director of Business Development, “It was exciting to see the high level of interest that critical care units of all sizes found in Dalcon’s integrated solutions. We are especially excited to be returning [to NTI] in 2010.”
