Transforming Healthcare Communication to Improve Patient Care

October, 2018

We’re pleased to share an excerpt of a blog from Lori Dickinson, Vice President, Technical Support at Vocera, published on the HIMSS National Health IT Week website. Read the full blog and others commemorating this week here. 

I have a friend who is the IT manager for a university medical center in the U.S. northeast. We met 15 years ago when we were working for different hospitals.

Over that time, I’ve been witness to his successful transformation of healthcare communication at his medical center. In honor of National Health IT Week, which celebrates the essential role of health IT in transforming health and healthcare, I asked him to share the story of how IT has transformed healthcare where he works.

Revolutionizing the Way Care Teams Communicate

I asked my friend to think of the one thing his team has put in place that helped most to essentially transform healthcare at his medical center and has made the most difference to the nurses and patients. He said he’s most proud of . . . continue reading on the HIMSS National Health IT Week blog.

Vocera is a HIMSS Diamond Corporate Member and National Health IT Week Partner. We extend our best wishes to everyone in the healthcare IT and engineering community for all you do to support your care teams and patients.