Veterans Affairs

Vocera solutions meet Veterans Affairs (VA) requirements for an integrated communication system that facilitates safe, effective, and timely communication to enhance patient-centered care delivery. No vendor of communication solutions for healthcare comes close to our depth and breadth of security credentials and validation. In fact, Vocera received FIPS 140-2 certification for the Vocera Badge, certificate #2107.

The VA has deployed the Vocera communication platform in more than 80 VA locations. One hundred percent of Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) currently use Vocera.

Facilities with Vocera deployments include: Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Washington D.C. VA Medical Center, Palo Alto VA Medical Center, Las Vegas VA Medical Center, and Sacramento VA Medical Center.

100% of VA VISNs are currently using Vocera.

Here are a few VA facilities where Vocera is deployed:

Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Washington D.C. VA Medical Center
Palo Alto VA Medical Center
Las Vegas VA Medical Center
Sacramento VA Medical Center

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Benefits

Vocera solutions help streamline operations, and reduce readmissions, length of stay, and sentinel events. In addition, they can improve:

Communication efficiencies
Nurse response times
Care team collaboration and communication
Patient outcomes, throughput, safety, and satisfaction
Staff experience

Vocera solutions are built in alignment with the One-VA Technical Reference Model v 17.7

Provider Scheduling and Workforce Management

Enable care teams to easily communicate with the right on-call provider in real time by integrating your systems for provider scheduling and clinical communication. QGenda provides solutions for automated scheduling, on-call scheduling, time tracking, and compensation management. An integration between QGenda On-Call and the Vocera Platform enables care teams to easily communicate in real-time with the right on-call provider without needing to know names or phone numbers. Vocera is now the exclusive reseller of QGenda’s product portfolio for the Federal healthcare market.

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Join Popular Topics in Communication

Review this guide to better understand how to make communication more efficient and potentially more effective. Our service and support teams can help you implement many of these use cases at no cost if you don’t have time or are not sure how.

Webinar OnDemand

Ensure all your apps, programs and platforms are connected without data dead ends and improve patient outcomes, patient and staff safety. Learn how.

2021 CNO Report

Protect the Nurse, Protect the Practice. Learn more about how effective communication is foundational for keeping nurses safe.

Vocera Ease Webinar

Just okay is not okay

This talk will discuss the history of the operating room, examine current strategies for OR & inpatient communication with patient families, and present the evolution and experience of the Ease platform.

HIMSS Research Report

We surveyed 150 clinical and IT leaders via HIMSS Analytics Logic online, and at the HIMSS annual conference to learn more about how to improve the flow of information within and across clinical teams and result in better decision making and care coordination.

Frontline Healthcare Workers

Frontline Healthcare Workers: Strategies and Policies for Keeping Your Facility Population Safe.

Panel Presentation

Special panel presentation at the PSQH Patient Safety Now event. Learn about risks and patient safety challenges involved in social issues, telehealth, and what healthcare facilities will look like after COVID-19.

Vaccine Admin Use Cases

Protect your vaccine supply and keep care teams connected and informed for patient safety.

Webinar OnDemand

Learn how to safeguard COVID-19 vaccines, protect frontline healthcare workers, and preserve resources in this short format webinar.

Customer Experience Webinar

Learn how healthcare organizations use clinical communication technology to connect and safeguard patients, families and care teams, and preserve PPE.

Stories from the Frontline

Key takeaways from the AHA supported webinar focused on stories from the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pager Replacement Case Study

Discover how RNOH moved from pagers. Before Vocera, the Crash team relied on bleeps to be notified of a critical event. Crash team response averaged two minutes and five seconds. After the Crash team deployed Vocera, the average response time dropped down to just 20 seconds – an 84% improvement. Read case study.

Pager Replacement

Discover how Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital replaced pagers with Vocera solutions to improve communication.

Discover Vocera Ease Webinar

Learn how Vocera Ease can help create a richer, more human connection before, during, and after care in addition to improve satisfaction and make it easy for patients’ loved ones to send positive feedback to nurses.

Support Frontline Workers

Access information for how to support healthcare workers from infection management to psychosocial well-being from thought leaders.

In this webinar, follow a nurse who receives all the information she needs to care for her patients. Interruptions are minimized so she can focus on delivering the safest care. Learn how collaboration solutions helps make this experience happen.

Learn about the impact of connecting care teams across the hospital with meaningful information about the patient, event, and their care and much more.

Veterinary Customer Story

Learn how VERG Brooklyn, an emergency services and specialty medicine veterinary hospital, created a peaceful environment for staff, clients, and patients.

The Essential Whitepaper

Did you know that inefficient communication among clinicians in U.S. hospitals is estimated to waste over $12 billion annually? Take a deep dive into how hands-free communication can help reduce costs and more.

Thought Leader Webinar

Learn how enterprise clinical communication systems can improve safety, efficiency, and revenues, and see powerful use cases.

Product Webinar – Smartphones

Follow a nurse who always sees what needs to be done next, as she communicates with the clinical team. Patient safety is prioritized because communications are prioritized and event-driven using the Vocera Vina Smartphone app.

Staff Safety eGuide

Enable staff to summon help instantly. Make real-time clinical decisions and communicate instantly in critical situations.

Patient Safety eGuide

Discover how to optimize patient safety by helping clinicians make decisions in real time.

Solutions Webinar

Follow a cardiac patient through the hospital. Explore best practices in clinical workflow and communication that make it possible

Solutions Webinar

Discover why hands-free, voice-controlled communication is essential to delivering care safely, efficiently, and with human connection.

COVID-19 eGuide

Discover strategies to stay connected. Enhance quality of care and operational efficiency now.

Dr. Kanter Blog

"When I discuss clinical communication in this COVID-19 pandemic, I often draw a comparison between clinicians and soldiers. In a battle we….."

Caring Greatly Podcast

In this episode we delve into how peer support is critical to responding to the mental wellbeing needs of clinicians during COVID-19 and much more.

2021 Gartner Report

In this report, Gartner reviews the technologies that are essential to the future of healthcare delivery.

Leadership Report

The Experience Innovation Network collaborated with healthcare leaders on this Report describing a leadership model focused on elevating humanity. It provides a framework for leadership development.

Increase Product Knowledge

In our education segments you can learn more about our products and how they work! These webinars cover benefits, best practices, and use cases for our core solutions.

Discover how the perioperative team at Lehigh Valley Health Network uses Vocera Ease to send secure texts, photos, and video updates to patients’ loved ones. Measure the potential impact that human-centered technology has on HCAHPS scores.

Communication White Paper

What exactly can we learn from what happened in Paris and apply it to crisis situations? Hear from Dr. Ben Kanter as he shares how effective communication systems can prevent disasters from occurring.

Webinar On Demand

Effective and timely communication in health care is vital to patient care and safety. When caring for people experiencing a stroke, saving time is critical to saving brain cells and saving lives...

Explore Vocera Solutions

Learn more about Vocera solutions through the 3D interective experience.

BLOG: You Elevate Healthcare

Healthcare system administrators, or sys admins, are the backbone that enables clinical workflows to run seamlessly. They help improve healthcare outcomes by giving caregivers the tools that allow them to focus on providing the best patient care.

Deanna

Deanna Parker, MBA, MHA, BSN, RN

Assistant Vice President, Emergency Services
at Baptist Health Hardin

“Wearing the Vocera Badge helps our employees feel safer knowing that the touch of a button will dispatch security or safety personnel.”

David

David Lee, MD, FAAN

Chief Medical Information Officer
PIH Health

“I use the Vocera smartphone app to securely connect to the care team. It enables us provide more efficient and responsive patient care.”

Video Experience

Help restore the human connection in these challenging times.

Don’t Risk Contamination for Communication.

Amid complexity and chaos, a trauma nurse misses a vital piece of information and a major mistake is set in motion.

You can now say "Hey Vocera" or "Ok Vocera" to wake up your Smartbadge.

One in four nurses has been assaulted. The touch of a button can reduce minutes to seconds and save lives.

Push the dedicated panic button to reach help instantly.

You can place a call by searching your directory or by summoning the Genie on your Vocera Vina app.

Clinical teams at South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust tell the story of how they deliver better and higher quality care.

Communicate hands-free while wearing personal protective equipment.

See how Vocera can help you improve staff efficiency while keeping residents and staff safe.

Jen stays connected and focused on patient care with the lightweight, wearable Minibadge.

The wearable Vocera Smartbadge and Minibadge are purpose-built for the patient care environment.