A potential area of expansion for Apple if they follow up on this concept.
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Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, a hospital in Florida, plans to deploy iPhones to its nurses, to replace audible alarms and alerts, bringing peace and quiet-- and improved performance--to the healthcare provider
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One limitation of the iPhone is that it doesn't support multitasking for third-party apps. Third-party apps shut down when you switch away from them, you can't leave them running in background. Voalte solves that problem by locating the application intelligence on the server, which sends out alerts using the iPhone's built-in push notification service. When the recipient clicks the button to view the notification, it calls up the local app.
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doctors and nurses wipe down the devices with antibacterial wipes between shifts. The iPhone is great for infection protection because it has very few buttons and crevices for bacteria to hide in, Lauderdale said.
