Improve Healthcare Communication
Enable Care Teams to Communicate and Collaborate in Real Time
- Enable nurses, doctors, and other team members to connect and communicate instantly and directly in real time inside and outside the hospital.
- Call, securely text, and access information using the right device of choice for the role and task, with no need to know names or phone numbers.
- Connect to the right person with role-based routing of calls and texts that takes into account scheduling and availability.
- Identify callers and a communication's urgency at a glance.
- Receive critical information at the point of care without unnecessary alerts, alarms, and notifications.
Gain Real-Time Situational Awareness. Collaborate Immediately.
Formerly lengthy communication cycles become instantaneous.
Improve Care Team Communication
Connect Directly and Instantly; Receive Information Proactively
Connect instantly by voice or secure text without having to know names or numbers. Receive proactive electronic health record notifications such as STAT orders and critical test results on your mobile device. Reduce the communication transactions needed to complete a task.
- Columbia County Health System reduced response time to nurse call buttons by 21.4 percent.
- Emerus/Baptist Emergency Hospitals reduced response time for alert incidents by three to five minutes.
Since implementing Vocera, we no longer have communication delays due to the ‘page and wait’ scenario.
Nick Roper, Clinical Director at North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust
Help address The Joint Commission’s guidance by enabling better clinical communication and workflow through Vocera technology.
Meet Patient Safety Goals
Improve Alignment with The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals
Enable data to be aggregated from electronic health records and other systems and pushed to the right caregiver. Receive only actionable alarm and alert notifications. Set reminders to evaluate pain and administer medications. Help prevent infection with antimicrobial technology. Summon help immediately. Identify patients correctly –texts and alarm notifications in Vocera Collaboration Suite include three patient identifiers.
- Care teams at Halifax Health receive an alert within 30 seconds of the care advisory system detecting sepsis risk.
- Evans Army Community Hospital reduced patient falls 88 percent within 10 months.
Vocera lets us close the distance, in a sense, by making it easier to keep track of patients and to stay in touch with one another. It saves us time, lets us multitask more efficiently, helps us respond more quickly to emergencies, and supports the logistics of patient care.
Amy L. Hester, RN, Director of Clinical Informatics and Innovation at UAMS Medical Center
Providing caregivers and staff a means to access help instantly should be part of every hospital's communication strategy.
Strengthen Staff Safety
Summon Help Instantly, Locate Staff Easily
In an emergency, the Vocera Badge is a discreet, wearable, and hands-free panic button that’s always with you.
Double-tap the call button on the Vocera Badge to alert security staff to an urgent situation. Responders can hear what’s going on while on their way to the scene.
Locate a staff member who’s wearing a Vocera Badge from any mobile device with the push of a button.
- Learn how five hospitals safeguard staff with instant emergency communication: View SlideShare.
It's more than a communication tool. It's a safety device. That's how I see it. I know when I have this (the Vocera Badge) on, I am a lot closer to safety than without it.
Christa Langton, R.N., Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit at Michael Garron Hospital
See the Results Vocera Customers Have Achieved
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Halifax Health reduced a 30-40 minute communication process to an instant.
Connect Instantly
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Birmingham Children′s Hospital reduced response time from 2 minutes to 9 seconds.
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Evans Army Community Hospital reduced patient falls 88% within 10 months.
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Santa Clara Medical Center improved bed turnover rates 50%.
Accelerate Bed Turnover
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Franklin Woods Community Hospital decreased noise level to as low as 20 decibels.
Reduce Noise
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