<p>One of the challenges of being a floor nurse is the running around, trying to find people. A hospital is a big facility, and even though the reporting and management structure is defined in such a way to operate in smaller floors or wards, there's still a tremendous amount of time spent by all of us, chasing down all the rest of us.</p><p>For example, if a tech needs to find me when I'm in a patient's room, he might have a rough idea of where I am, but he also might have to pop from room to room to find me. Pagers have had their uses, smartphones have been tried, and some of us even have to wear Star Trek-type commbadges around our necks all day. But there are few centralized systems that really deal with the problem systematically.</p><p>With this challenge in mind, a set of statistics from IBM caught my attention. You can watch their promotional video below, but here are the key stats:</p><p>Reduce time looking for others by 45 percent</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/unified-communications-may-give-nurses-two-hours-back-each-day-for-patient-care-7000011936/">Keep reading...</a></p>