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- What are your main interests in software development?
- Voalté provides compelling software solutions for healthcare institutions that solve communication problems at the point-of-care. We believe that better, more efficient communication improves clinical performance, which in turn improves patient care, safety and satisfaction.
Our products are designed to be intuitive, high value, mission critical applications running on the latest generation of touch-based smartphones. We provide an exceptional end-to-end user experience. We do it better than anyone else, and we spend our time thinking about ways to improve this experience.
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- http://www.voalte.com
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Hi Ben! Hope to meet up with you in person one day - hey, you might consider carpooling out to OJUG for the January Android presentation and meeting - it will be fantastic! All the best, Mike