Zebra Technologies and Aiva Health have announced a partnership that brings voice-driven AI directly to the nursing frontline, running on the purpose-built healthcare devices clinicians already trust. The collaboration makes Aiva Nurse Assistant available on Zebra's HC20 and HC50 mobile computers and the new WS101-H wearable communication badge, enabling nurses to chart, communicate, and act on information without ever breaking focus on the patient. Together, the two companies are turning everyday clinical devices into a single, ambient AI experience: one voice, one assistant, every tool a nurse needs.

For a decade, healthcare has invested heavily in streamlining workflows for physicians while nurses have been handed more systems, more documentation, and less time with patients. Staffing shortages, rising acuity, and a fragmented tool landscape have compounded the problem. Nurses log into one system to chart, another to submit a work order, another to request interpretation, and another to message the care team, all while managing the patient in front of them.

That workflow tax is the single largest source of preventable nurse burnout. This partnership eliminates it.

With Aiva Nurse Assistant running on Zebra devices, a nurse can chart a set of vitals, submit a ServiceNow ticket for a broken pump, launch an ANM interpreter session, and send a handoff message to the oncoming shift, without ever touching a keyboard or walking to a workstation. Nurses have already charted millions of rows with Aiva, reducing documentation delay by 90%, cutting incidental overtime by 50%, and lifting nursing-related Press Ganey scores by 37%.‍

This is not a consumer voice assistant retrofitted for healthcare. The partnership establishes a purpose-built pattern for frontline AI with voice as the modality , Zebra's healthcare portfolio as the device foundation, and Aiva's clinical integrations as the orchestration layer.
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The Zebra WS101-H is a lightweight, rugged Bluetooth communication badge designed for hands-free voice interactions, with noise cancellation, crystal-clear audio, push-to-talk over Wi-Fi and cellular, and built-in duress and Do Not Disturb controls. Paired with Zebra's HC20 and HC50 mobile computers, nurses can move fluidly between voice-first and mobile-first workflows on devices engineered for clinical durability, security, and ergonomics. Aiva's voice AI layers on top: HIPAA-compliant, low-latency, and integrated with the systems hospitals already run, including Epic, Cerner/Oracle Health, ServiceNow, Imprivata, Wolters-Kluwer, Elsevier, LanguageLine, and AMN Healthcare.
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The result is a closed-loop experience that lets voice capture clinical intent and routes it through the systems that execute it, without a nurse ever leaving the bedside. It's a real-world expression of Zebra's Orchestrated Care framework: intelligent visibility, empowered teams, and optimized operations across healthcare.

For Clinical Leaders & CNOs: Dramatic reductions in documentation burden and workflow fragmentation, with nurses returning hours to direct patient care and measurable improvements in patient experience scores.
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For CNIOs & Nursing Informatics: A single voice interface that unifies the ecosystem of tools nurses depend on daily, including flowsheet charting, patient lists, labs and vitals, handoff, messaging, smart room controls, dietary and TV systems, work orders, interpreter services, and policy libraries.
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For CIOs & IT Leaders: Enterprise-grade integration on hardware already deployed across healthcare environments. No shadow IT. No rogue devices. Secure, HIPAA-compliant voice layered onto Zebra's trusted healthcare portfolio.
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For COOs & Operational Leaders: Real-time visibility into utilization, efficiency gains, and operational impact through the Aiva Mission Control dashboard, quantifying ROI and surfacing where voice is returning the most time to the bedside.

"Nurses are our healthcare superheroes, but for years hospitals have overburdened them with new systems while focusing on streamlining the work of physicians. With Aiva and Zebra, hospitals can dramatically reduce the administrative burden of nurses too, while also improving patient experience and cutting costs." Sumeet Bhatia, Founder and CEO, Aiva Health

"Nurses are the heart of healthcare, and our mission is to empower them with technology that lets them focus on what they do best: caring for patients. This partnership with Aiva is a milestone in our commitment to clinician well-being. By combining Aiva's intuitive voice assistant with our purpose-built healthcare devices, we are creating a truly hands-free experience that reduces administrative tasks and gives nurses back valuable time at the bedside." Kassaundra McKnight-Young, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Zebra Technologies

This partnership signals a shift in how hospitals should evaluate AI at the frontline. Aiva Nurse Assistant is the voice AI platform for nursing, already deployed on the iOS and Android smartphones nurses carry today and now extending to Zebra's HC20 and HC50 mobile computers and the new WS101-H wearable badge. Hospitals no longer have to choose between a software strategy and a device strategy: Aiva gives nurses a consistent voice-driven experience across every device they use, from the smartphone in their pocket to the badge on their scrubs. The Zebra partnership expands that footprint, giving health systems another trusted path to put Aiva in the hands, and on the collars, of every nurse on the floor.

Aiva Health delivers AI-powered, voice-driven workflow solutions for hospitals and health systems. Aiva Nurse Assistant enables nurses and frontline staff to document, retrieve, and act on information seamlessly within their clinical workflow, reducing administrative burden and improving patient care.Aiva Health delivers AI-powered, voice-driven workflow solutions for hospitals and health systems.  Aiva Nurse Assistant enables nurses and frontline staff to document, retrieve, and act on information seamlessly within their clinical workflow—reducing administrative burden and improving patient care.