Case Study: UZ Gent enhances patient safety and staff efficiency with Zebra mobile computers

UZ Gent Hospital Adopts Zebra Mobile Computers to Help Enhance Patient Safety and Staff Efficiency

UZ Gent, the second-largest university hospital in Belgium, needed a tech-powered way to help nurses manage patient care more efficiently while coping with staff shortages and budget pressure. Working with Zebra, the hospital implemented a smarter alarm and notification system using Zebra TC26-HC mobile computers to give nurses better visibility into patient needs and prioritize alerts.

With Zebra, UZ Gent improved communication and escalated alarms more effectively, helping reduce alarm fatigue, lower physical workload, and speed up care decisions. The mobile computers provided more patient data, larger displays, and fallback connectivity over Wi‑Fi and 4G, resulting in more prompt care delivery, increased patient safety, and fewer missed messages.

UZ Gent

Lieven Vagenende

Electrical Department Manager