Tuesday, May 16, 2017
SAN JOSE, Calif.
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Vocera
Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical
communication and workflow solutions, today announced that Chief Medical
Officer Bridget Duffy, MD, has earned two awards for her relentless and
influential work to restore humanity in healthcare. Dr. Duffy is also
the co-founder of the company’s research collaborative, the Experience
Innovation Network, an international group of thought leaders focused on
researching, co-designing and disseminating innovative solutions that
improve quality, safety and efficiency, while improving healthcare
experiences for patients, families and care teams.
The Silicon Valley Business Journal named Dr. Duffy an honoree of
its 2017
Women of Influence Awards, a program that shines the spotlight on
women in Silicon Valley who make a difference through philanthropy and
community leadership. Dr. Duffy and the other nominees will be profiled
in a special report published by the journal. The awards ceremony is May
18.
Dr. Duffy also was recognized as one the Most
Powerful Women in Healthcare IT for 2017 by Health Data
Management. The accolade is given to women in healthcare who wield
influence in shaping the direction of the industry. Health Data
Management will recognize award recipients at its Most
Powerful Women in Healthcare IT Conference on May 17. Dr. Duffy’s
colleague, Liz Boehm, research director at Vocera and the Experience
Innovation Network, will be a speaker at the conference, addressing
change management for resilience, well-being and joy.
“Bridget Duffy has been disrupting the status quo for years, relentless
in her mission to improve communication and restore human connections in
healthcare,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera. “An industry
pioneer, she works tirelessly to help hospitals and health systems
design innovations and build cultures that preserve trusted
relationships between patients and care teams. We are fortunate to have
Bridget on our executive team as she is fiercely dedicated to mentoring
and supporting women in key leadership and board roles in technology and
in the healthcare delivery system.”
Dr. Duffy was the first chief experience officer (CXO) in the country in
healthcare, establishing that role at the Cleveland Clinic in 2006.
Since then, Dr. Duffy has been influential in growing the CXO role at
hospitals across the nation. As the chief medical officer of Vocera, she
helps design the next generation of healthcare innovations that bridge
communication gaps, improve care team collaboration, and address
clinician well-being and resilience.
She is also a co-founder of the National Taskforce for Humanity in
Healthcare and currently serves on the advisory boards of Stanford
Medicine X, Velano Vascular, Hygge Health, Maven Clinic and the
Institute for Healthcare Excellence. Considered a leader of the patient
experience movement, Dr. Duffy is a frequent speaker on how humanizing
healthcare impacts quality, safety and outcomes.
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 1,400
hospitals and health systems around the world have selected our
solutions for care teams to text securely using smartphones or make
calls with our hands-free, wearable Vocera Badge. Interoperability
between Vocera and more than 150 clinical 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, 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. Learn more at www.vocera.com,
and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.
The Vocera logo is a trademark of Vocera Communications, Inc. Vocera®
is a trademark of Vocera Communications, Inc. registered in the United
States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks appearing in this
release are the property of their respective owners.
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