System will be utilized for emergency response in four Tenessee area hospitals 
Nashville, Tennessee --[EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION NEWS]-- October 2, 2006 - Saint Thomas Health Services of Nashville announced today they have purchased technology to expedite communications in a crisis. Communicator! NXT, developed by Dialogic Communications Corp. (DCC), will ultimately enhance Saint Thomas’s response capabilities and ensure safety and security for their 7,500 associates.
“Saint Thomas Health Services strives to continuously improve our state of readiness for all potential hazards that could impact our ability to provide patient care and effect the safety of our patients, staff and visitors,” said Chris Riddle, Chief Safety Officer for Saint Thomas Health Services. “Communications continue to be identified as the weakest link in response to all disasters. We feel that [Dialogic] provides a product that will help us to effectively notify and communicate with key personnel during a disaster.”
Communicator! NXT is the latest in web-based notification software from Dialogic. It automates emergency and routine communications, rapidly sending voice and text messages to all types of devices, including phone, email, pager and fax. Communicator! NXT is powered by Microsoft® .NET™ and SQL technologies. With Communicator! NXT, Saint Thomas Health Services will be able to communicate with employees in four different facilities, located in three cities, in only a matter of minutes. The organization will also be able to send out routine messages, which will improve daily information exchange within this family of hospitals.
About Saint Thomas Health Services
Saint Thomas Health Services is a faith-based ministry with 7,500 associates serving Middle Tennessee. The network consists of four hospitals: Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville. It is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States.
Saint Thomas Health Services Acquires Emergency Notification Technology
