Installing New Phones For Better Communication
Phones in any business environment are critical to communication, but there are a lot of options available when you are choosing a phone system. In medical clinics or facilities, the phone is more than just something to make a call on. In fact, there are some features that can make your phone a valuable communication tool for your clinic.
Determine Your Needs
The first step in installing new phones and lines in your clinic is to determine what equipment you need and where everything is going to be located. The number of phones in a medical clinic may be higher than you would expect, but it is important that a phone is nearby if someone needs a doctor or some additional help with a patient quickly.
Plan out the system with the telecom company that you are working with for your phone system. Let them know what you need and ask what they have done in the past for other clinics or medical facilities. They may have some suggestions that you had not considered and they may add a lot to the effectiveness of the system in your clinic.
Installing The System
If you are upgrading your phone system to a new system, the company doing the work can probably use the same conduit and cable runs for the new lines that you have in place. Depending on the features they are adding, they may or may not need to add more lines to the system. If they need to add additional lines and equipment, the effect on the work environment can be tough for you and them. Try and schedule the work in the slowest hours of your clinic and work with the techs to clear areas that they need to be in so they can expedite the work.
Special Features
In a clinical environment, you may want some special features on your phones. Having an intercom feature that allows you to send a message to all the phones or specific phones at the same time can make it easier to get important information out to the right people. A loudspeaker for calling a doctor or some help over a clinic-wide speaker system might be something you want to add to your phone system as well. It can make getting help quickly very effective.
Talk with the company putting the system in about any special things you want the system to do, and see if they have suggestions for other things to add while the work is underway.
For more information, contact a medical clinic phone system installation company.
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