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HIMSS 2025: Baxter Reveals Voalte Linq with Voice-Activated Tech

The lightweight, wearable badge powered by voice-activated tech was designed to enable efficient, streamlined communication between care teams.

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By: Sam Brusco

Associate Editor

Baxter has unveiled its Voalte Linq device powered by Scotty assistant, the company’s first voice-activated technology. It was revealed at the 2025 HIMSS Global Healthcare Conference.

The lightweight, wearable badge powered by voice-activated tech was designed to enable efficient, streamlined communication between care teams. The goal is to free up more time and energy for them to focus on direct patient care.

Voalte Linq powered by Scotty assistant can be integrated with products from Baxter’s care communications suite, including Voalte Mobile and Voalte Nurse Call. Voalte Mobile is a set of mobile applications to communicate actionable patient info and alerts to staff smartphones to streamline coordination of care. Voalte Nurse Call is a hospital call bell system that transmits detailed patient notifications to care teams.

Voalte Linq is activated by a simple “Hey Scotty.” According to Baxter, it can be used to support facility-wide communication or unit-specific communication—for example, in the operating room, emergency department, and labor and delivery.

With a network of connected devices, the company aims to better enable connected hospital environments through sharing and integration of data across devices, systems, and healthcare institutions.

“The launch of Voalte Linq powered by Scotty assistant marks an exciting step for Baxter’s connected care evolution, with the introduction of our first voice-activated technology,” said Donny Patel, president, Connected Care and Technical Services at Baxter. “As one of the first in the industry to leverage technology of this kind to drive workflow automation for hospital settings, we aim to transform how care teams communicate with one another and their patients.”

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