Employee app strengthens internal communication

The employee app – a digital home for everyone

The search for a suitable IT system led to the selection of Staffbase, a software-as-a-service solution for mobile employee communication. Telekom MMS was a convincing implementation partner for the web application.

By now, every employee can access the DIAKnow! app with a smartphone, workplace PC or tablet, which greatly simplifies communication between the employer and staff as well as the colleagues among each other. When the hospital administration must distribute time-sensitive messages such as the closure of the parking lot, it can send push messages to make sure everyone receives the information.

The hospital management wants to ensure that all employees feel they are part of a community and participate accordingly in the continued development of the hospital while helping improve internal processes. This is why an idea management tool integrated in the app lets everyone submit suggestions for improvements and in this way interact with the employer. This promotes an active feedback culture within the hospital.

The option of creating closed communities – just like social media channels for certain user groups – also makes it possible to specifically address single employee groups. As the younger generation, the trainees in particular appreciate this digital networking option. The individual interest groups within the communities can post likes, comments, news and shared content such as photos and videos.

To guarantee the data privacy and security of the sensitive contents, the app is hosted entirely in Germany. Telekom MMS was on hand with advice during the entire implementation process.

One-way communication turns into an active exchange

The app now allows employers and employees as well as colleagues to coordinate much better with each other and share information. Because with the app, significantly more colleagues can be reached than before. There is no longer a need to fill out a form on paper and walk to the mailbox. The improved feedback culture boosts employee motivation and the bond with the company.

At the same time, the user-specific approach of individual employee groups prevents an excess of messages and ensures relevance. Employees in shift service in particular are never all present at the same time and, because of that, hard to reach. With the mobile app, each employee now gets timely information independently of a stationary PC, including important messages such as announcements of obligatory activities or voluntary training and events.

An active exchange among the employees is encouraged in the communities, for example with functions such as “From Employee to Employee”, a kind of digital notice board on which items like apartment searches and offers or ride shares can be listed.

The hospital wants to use even more functions in the future, such as the plug-ins specifically developed by Telekom MMS – an ideas portal, a quiz and a survey tool.