Monday, June 4, 2018
SAN JOSE, Calif.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Vocera
Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical
communication and workflow solutions, announced the National Bank of
Kuwait (NBK) Children’s Hospital at Sabah Medical District is deploying
Vocera technology throughout its new oncology building to improve care
team communication and create a quieter, more healing environment for
patients. Physicians, nurses, managers and support staff will be using
the hands-free Vocera Badge and secure texting via the Vocera mobile app
in its new center for hematology, cancer, and stem cell treatments. The
project was timely executed in cooperation with Al Essa Group in Kuwait,
a technology reseller in Kuwait.
NBK Children’s Hospital is the first Ministry of Health hospital in
Kuwait to deploy smart communication technology to improve care team
collaboration, optimize operational efficiency, and elevate patient
safety, care and experience. The wearable, voice-controlled badges
reduce overhead paging, which can be disruptive to patient care and
satisfaction. The new three-story facility is part of the first phase of
the hospital's operational expansion plan to improve its specialty care
services. The oncology building includes an emergency department,
daycare, pharmacy, laboratory, and operating theatres with
multidisciplinary support staff, including child life specialists.
“NBK Children’s Hospital is committed to provide the best care to our
young patients and create an environment that promotes healing and
well-being. The Vocera communication system empowers our care teams to
do both,” said Dr. Maitham Husain, director of NBK Children’s Hospital.
“Our physicians and nurses appreciate how the intelligent Vocera system
makes it faster and easier to connect with the right person and
information. It’s good for our clinicians and their patients.”
“We are dedicated to support the Kuwait mission to improve service
quality in the healthcare system. Smart communication powered by Vocera
is an essential component to accomplishing this mission. We shall enable
accountable care by leveraging the IT highway,” said Anil Pinto, General
Manager of Medical Technologies at Al Essa.
The Vocera communication platform enables voice calls, secure texting,
and alerting on any device a care team member chooses to use, whether it
be a wearable, voice-controlled communication badge, smartphone, tablet,
laptop or workstation. An integration with Vocera technology and the
hospital’s telephony system also helps speed up communication in the new
facility. Based on defined workflows set up within the communication
system, calls, messages and notifications can be sent and escalated to
specific individuals or care teams per name, role or group inside and
outside the hospital. Clinicians no longer need to know multiple phone
numbers or keep track of who is on call. The Vocera communication system
knows.
Using the Vocera secure texting application, care team members, support
staff and managers can communicate securely within the oncology building
and across the entire medical campus to coordinate care, facilitate
orders, and provide clinical consultations. The hospital expects to
improve surgical throughput and reduce patient wait times by having
quick access to off-campus surgeons and anesthesiologists.
"Vocera is honored to support (NBK) Children’s Hospital on its mission
to improve the lives of young patients fighting cancer,” said Elias
Saleh, Middle East Area Vice President at Vocera. “Fast, easy and
reliable communication among care team members across multiple sites is
so important when creating an ideal working and healing environment.”
About Al Essa
Al Essa has a long-proven experience in introducing cutting-edge
healthcare equipment and solutions from world-class manufacturers in
Kuwait. The diverse capabilities in Marketing, Sales, Application
Support and Service of a wide and comprehensive range of medical
equipment and consumables for healthcare facilities, rehabilitation and
wellness, makes them a leading solution provider in the region and a
premium partner for Vocera in Kuwait.
About Vocera
The mission of Vocera Communications, Inc. is to simplify and improve
the lives of healthcare professionals and patients, while enabling
hospitals to enhance quality of care and operational efficiency. In
2000, when the company was founded, we began to forever change the way
care teams communicate. Today, Vocera continues to offer the leading
platform for clinical communication and workflow. More than 1,700
facilities worldwide, including nearly 1,500 hospitals and healthcare
facilities, have selected our solutions for team members to text
securely using smartphones or make calls with our hands-free, wearable
Vocera Badge. Interoperability between Vocera and more than 150 clinical
and operational systems helps reduce alarm fatigue, speed up staff
response times, and improve patient care, safety and experience. In
addition to healthcare, Vocera is at home in luxury hotels, aged care
facilities, nuclear facilities, libraries, retail stores and more.
Vocera makes a difference in any industry where workers are on the move
and need to connect instantly with team members and access resources or
information quickly. In 2017, Vocera made the list of Forbes 100 Most
Trustworthy Companies in America. Learn more at www.vocera.com,
and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.
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Vocera Communications, Inc.
Shanna Hearon, 669-999-3368
shearon@vocera.com
