Replacing call bells with smarter communication

The ward that
communicates
itself.

WardLink replaces hospital call bells with a simple bedside tablet. Patients tap once. Nurses know exactly what's needed before entering the room. Doctors round smarter. Zero PHI collected.

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Zero PHI collected — ever. Hospital IT approved faster than any EHR.
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One tap only — no typing, no login, works for any patient.
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Doctor layer — no competitor has this. Walk in prepared, not blind.
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Built in Seattle, WA · Designed for US hospital wards.
Patient Tablet · Room 214
Good morning 👋
What do you need right now?
💧 Water
🛏 Blanket
📺 TV Remote
🚽 Bathroom
😣 Pain Relief
🍽 Meals
🔴 Mark as Urgent
✓ Nurse notified
ETA: 8 minutes
📅 Doctor rounds
Today at 9:30 AM
60 min
of nursing time lost per patient per day responding to call bells — mostly for water, blankets, and simple needs
12–15×
times a patient presses the call bell each day — the same bell that sends a nurse walking blind every single time
0
patient health data collected by WardLink — ever. Zero PHI. Zero compliance risk.
Hospital ward corridor — nurse at work
The Reality

Every walk down this corridor without knowing what a patient needs
is time that could have been spent on care.

The Problem

Call bells haven't changed in 60 years. Hospitals have.

When a patient presses a call bell, the nurse walks to the room — only to find out what the patient actually needs. That round trip happens dozens of times per shift, for every nurse, on every ward, every single day.

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No context before arrival

Nurses respond blind — walking across the ward without knowing if it's urgent, routine, or already resolved.

Time wasted on simple requests

Water, blankets, TV remote — the most common patient requests consume the same nursing time as clinical ones.

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Patient anxiety drives repeat calls

When patients don't know if anyone heard them, they press again. And again. Multiplying the workload unnecessarily.

How It Works

One tap. Right person. Right now.

WardLink connects three people — the patient, the nurse, and the doctor — with the simplest possible interface for each of them.

Hospital bedside tablet showing WardLink patient request interface
Patient · Bedside Tablet
One tap only
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Patient taps one button

Six large, clear categories — water, blanket, TV remote, bathroom, pain relief, meals. No typing. No login. Works for elderly, medicated, or low-tech patients. Routine or Urgent — two options only.

NHS nurse in hospital corridor reviewing WardLink patient requests on smartphone
Nurse · Mobile App
Instant alerts
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Nurse sees exactly what's needed

Instant notification with room number, request type, and urgency colour. One tap to acknowledge and send an ETA. Patient sees "Your nurse is on the way — 10 mins."

Doctor reviewing overnight patient request summary on smartphone before morning rounds
Doctor · Morning Rounds
Zero PHI
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Doctor rounds smarter

Before entering each room, the doctor sees an overnight request summary — how many requests, what types, any urgency flags. Zero PHI. Pure patterns. Walk in prepared, not blind.

Who We Serve

Built for everyone in the ward

WardLink creates value for every person on the ward — and the administrator who oversees all of them.

NHS nurse in hospital ward corridor
Nurse · Mobile App

Nurses

Know what a patient needs before entering the room. Prioritise by urgency. Save 30–40 minutes per shift on unnecessary trips.

  • Live request queue with urgency colours
  • One-tap acknowledge and ETA
  • Delegate routine requests to nursing assistants
Patient in hospital bed using tablet
Patient · Bedside Tablet

Patients

Send any request with a single tap. No typing. See when your nurse is coming. Stop pressing the bell out of anxiety.

  • Six large tap categories — no typing
  • See your nurse's ETA instantly
  • View your doctor's round schedule
Hospital administrators reviewing ward analytics
Admin · Dashboard

Hospital Admins

Improve patient satisfaction scores, reduce nurse burnout, and get ward performance data you've never had before.

  • Response time analytics by ward and shift
  • Peak request hour identification
  • Proof of improvement for HCAHPS scores
Why WardLink

Designed around what hospitals actually need

Every design decision was made with one constraint: it has to work for a medicated 80-year-old AND pass a hospital IT security review.

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Zero PHI collected — ever

No patient names, diagnoses, or medical history stored anywhere. Only room numbers, request types, and timestamps. Hospital IT approves this faster than any EHR integration.

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Zero typing from patients

Tap one button. That's it. Designed for patients who are in pain, medicated, elderly, or simply not tech-savvy. No login, no form, no keyboard.

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Doctor layer — no competitor has this

The overnight request summary gives doctors pre-round intelligence no other ward communication platform provides. Walk in prepared, not blind.

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Doctor round scheduler

Patients see when their doctor is coming — eliminating the anxiety-driven repeat call bells asking "when will my doctor arrive?"

ROI Calculator

What could WardLink save your hospital?

Enter your hospital's details below to get a personalised annual savings estimate — based on published nursing time research and industry benchmarks.

e.g. 50 for a small community hospital, 500+ for a large medical centre
US national average is $42/hr · Seattle area average is ~$48/hr
Typical med-surg ward runs 5–8 nurses per shift
40%
Conservative: 20% · Expected: 40% · Optimistic: 60%
$10
Slide to model different pricing scenarios — final pricing discussed directly with each hospital
Your estimated annual outcome
Estimated net annual saving
$793,500
after WardLink subscription cost
Return on investment
34×
every dollar spent returns ~34×
How we calculate this
Nursing time: Published call bell data (12–15 responses/patient/day × 4 min each) × efficiency gain × BLS RN hourly wage × number of wards × 2 shifts × 365 days.

Patient fall reduction: 1 prevented fall per 40 beds per year at $14,000 average cost per fall (published hospital liability data).

Nurse retention: 1 nurse retained per 100 beds at $50,000 average replacement cost (industry benchmark).

All figures are estimates based on published research and industry benchmarks. Actual results will vary by hospital — we offer a personalised calculation using your hospital's real staffing data.
These numbers are illustrative estimates, not guarantees. We are transparent about every assumption. If any figure doesn't look right for your hospital — tell us and we'll run the calculation together using your actual data.
Discuss These Numbers With Us →
We'll run a personalised calculation using your hospital's actual staffing data
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We're currently speaking with healthcare professionals across the US to make sure WardLink solves the right problems the right way. 20 minutes of your experience shapes what we build.

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