Jolt App

As a group, nurses aren't gadget people. They tend to choose empathy over technology.

But a group of nurses at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are going gaga over a new gadget they have been using on the job for the past month. The gadget at hand, literally, is an iPhone application called Voalte One, which is pronounced like “volt” and is derived from a communications trio of voice, alarm and texting.

The technology behind Voalte was created and marketed by a Sarasota-based startup under the same name. The premise is simple: Give harried nurses a way to send and receive text messages, make voice calls and receive critical care alarms in an efficient, easy and safe way.