Healthcare
Algo IP endpoints are deployed extensively in hospitals for public address IP voice paging, notification, patient monitoring, and premise security. With Algo IP enablement, large hospitals with multiple amplifiers can easily utilize an existing network to distribute paging signals.
Voice Paging and Emergency Notification in Healthcare
The medical industry has numerous uses for paging and other forms of notification. Hospitals are the most common setting for deploying communication systems involving public address, alarm notifications, patient monitoring, and voice paging. Since hospitals have to serve an extensive range of customers, ranging from patients to doctors to nurses to orderlies, Algo’s IP Endpoints become essential for coordinating communication with many facilities’ staff or patients.
Algo’s IP endpoints are often deployed throughout hospitals in waiting rooms, along hallways, etc. As 3rd-party SIP endpoints, Algo devices function in most leading UC, Collaboration, and Mass Notification environments for paging, alerting, and secure door entry. With a range of visual and audible alerting technology to optimize most leading VoIP systems, an effective communication system can be built into any cloud- or premise-based environment.
Examples & Applications
- One hospital deployed the 8188 IP Ceiling Speaker in psychiatric holding rooms for two-way communication with patients. A feature that triggers a phone call from the speaker was activated so that any loud noise detected by the speaker initiated a call to a phone located at a nursing station.
- The very first 8036 IP Multimedia Intercom shipped in 2012 was deployed in a hospital to secure access to an elevator that provided access to the NICU. Parents arriving to visit their child used the 8036 to call staff in the unit, who could then verify the identity of the visitors using a video sent to their phone and remotely unlock the access door using the phone keypad.
Deploying Algo in Healthcare
Algo offers a versatile communication solution for hospitals, featuring IP Speakers for clear audio messages, IP Displays for text and image notifications, IP Visual Alerters for color-coded alerts, and IP Intercoms for secure door entry. This system is adaptable to various hospital settings, including silent zones and noisy areas. It allows for easy configuration of emergency alerts, code calls, paging, and notifications through an intuitive web interface or the Algo Device Management Platform, ensuring prompt and effective communication within healthcare facilities.
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Legacy Environments
As for many industries, migration to a new premise or cloud VoIP telephone system in an existing facility is often the reason for a review of the paging infrastructure or at least the telephone integration. Algo 8301 IP Paging Adapters can be registered with all leading premise and cloud VoIP platforms using the SIP protocol, including Avaya, Cisco, Mitel, and many others. The 8301 IP Paging Adapter can provide an analog feed to an existing analog paging amplifier as well as send an IP multicast over the network to any other 8301s.
Large hospitals with multiple amplifiers and even multiple buildings can easily utilize an existing network to distribute paging signals wherever they are needed. New hospitals can also consider the option of deploying IP speakers which offer full supervision, improved speech intelligibility, ambient noise response, and remote management.
An IP-enabled paging system and/or IP speakers can provide much more functionality than just voice paging. With no additional cost, the paging system can also provide emergency alerting and pre-recorded announcements specific to any or all areas of the hospital, time of day, or day of the week, and can be activated by almost any means, including any telephone or device connected to the UC platform.
Endpoint Supervision
When deploying Algo IP endpoints for IP paging, managing devices is as simple as logging into the web interface of each individual device. However, in large deployments where hundreds of devices are installed, organizations typically like a single pane view to manage devices. In such cases, using a tool to manage and monitor all devices in a single place is the preferred option for usability, simplicity, and time efficiency. Algo devices are designed to seamlessly integrate into both small- and large-scale environments and have the management tools and capability to operate easily in either.
Algo has three solutions for device monitoring and management:
- using the web UI for individual device monitoring,
- using the 8300 IP Device Manager for on-premises device monitoring,
- and using the ADMP for cloud-based device monitoring from any location.
WEB UI / REMOTE CONFIGURATION
Each Algo device has a unique web interface for the configuration of device settings. The user-friendly web interface provides a way to easily customize the performance of a device to meet the needs of any environment.
Through Algo’s intuitive web interface, IP endpoints can be deployed in any IP-based UC, Collaboration, or Mass Notification environment and their settings can be easily adjusted. With remote configuration, it is easy to deploy, adapt, and understand what is going on in the ecosystem.
Remote configuration requires no additional software. The web configuration portal can be accessed via the IP address. As long as a user has network access, the user can easily change configuration settings on the device, such as the multicast zone, speaker volume, or flash patterns.
8300 CONTROLLER
The 8300 Controller provides centralized device monitoring and supervision of Algo IP Endpoints, particularly where higher system reliability for mission-critical voice paging / public address (PA) and emergency notification systems is required. The 8300 can help to minimize downtime as an efficient, time-saving tool for management and problem resolution of Algo IP Endpoints.
ADMP
The Algo Device Management Platform (ADMP) is a cloud-based device management solution to manage, monitor, and configure all registered Algo IP endpoints from any location. Devices are continuously monitored for connectivity, and an email-based notification is issued when a device goes offline. This allows for real-time supervision of device status.
