What is the best hospital pager system for 2024? Updated
The paging system in hospital has been inherently popular for a substantial time and that's not simply because they are easy to use. In hospitals the proverbial 'crash system' as its called, and what non-experts might call it, is really an emergency messaging solution that can be site wide across the hospital and entirely reliable.
It's important to know that many pager system based equipment has moved on dramatically since the originals, and in the 1980's paging took a hold of hospital communications. One major reason is the security of the transmissions and the reliability. Even today those powerful emergency systems exist in the UK in hospitals and for that purpose there are a number of suppliers. However that has changed by those makers in some respects - and some of those moves to mobile phone communications for emergency communications are potentially a backward step in security AND reliability. Multitone is one company that is moving away from the on-site paging to this mobile phone type of communication.
But hospitals are far more than 'just' those emergency systems
today. More regular paging systems like those from LRS for example,
are used throughout the UK for patient recall at the clinics.
Patient pagers like their
CS series of patient pagers offer a very reliable recall system
that enhances efficiency and improves patient flow. and enhancing
the throughput of patients with backlogs of patients at the highest
for many years can only be a good thing.
And there are alternative wireless calling buttons that can message a pager or pagers directly - perfect for anywhere that staff are in short supply to get notified that someone is waiting. One solution is SOLT hospital calling buttons with wrist pager that are low cost, but work very well for the shorter range applications.
But careful consideration of what is the 'best' hospital pager system in 2024 needs to be applied, bearing in mind many paging systems available 'on the internet' may be illegal in some countries because of bogus approvals for safety. Sticking to the well known brands will ensure that systems are safe, professional and have decent warranty and after care from passionate suppliers. One supplier LRS has hospital paging systems available.
Other recent articles include:
What are pagers used for in hospitals?
Do UK hospitals still use pagers?
Article developed by A B McKenzie, Managing Director of LRS UK and Anthony has extensive experience in the UK paging sector dating back to 2000 and technology since 1981 (c) LRS UK 2026.