Ascom says that its new ‘professional smartphone’, Myco 4, provides ‘effective communication, better coordination, and improved efficiency’, and – combined with the company’s Healthcare Platform (AHP) – ‘allows seamless workflow continuity and care delivery, thereby adding significant value to clinicians.
Ascom said: “The Ascom Myco 4 is specifically designed to improve efficiency, reduce the total cost of ownership, and withstand the toughest demands in the clinical environment. It combines the features of multiple devices into a single smartphone, and offers a range of new and improved functionality.”
Key claimed benefits include:
- Helps healthcare organisations reduce total cost of ownership with a single device.
- Reduces replacement and repair costs, resulting from a robust design and a much longer lifetime.
- Longer battery life, with ‘hot-swap’ functionality to maximise workflow continuity without interruption.
- Powerful barcode scanner with LED illumination.
- Additional alarm capabilities with optional pull-cord alarm.
- Enhanced Android security to safeguard patient health information.
Ascom CEO, Nicolas Vanden Abeele, said: “Ascom is committed to providing mission-critical, near real-time solutions for highly mobile, ad-hoc, and time-sensitive environments. The Myco 4 has been developed to offer our customers superior business value, providing new and innovative features to enable greater workflow efficiency, and improved safety and support for staff and patients.”
