Driving for change

Trey Lauderdale has sought ways to transform mobile health communications since he founded Voalte in 2008.

The Sarasota-based firm has done that through software that helps nurses and other medical caregivers communicate with each other faster and easier. Voalte is one of the fastest-growing businesses in the region and has raised nearly $60 million in funding in three years.

Now Voalte plans to tackle what he calls a $45 billion health care conundrum in the United States: How to transport some elderly people and others with a lack of transportation to medical appointments. Lauderdale announced his plans recently at VUE15, Voalte's inaugural client conference.