Study Evaluates Impact of Vocera Solution on Clinical Collaboration Across Multiple Locations
Secure communication tools make clinicians feel more comfortable sharing patient information
Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced
findings from a secure mobile communication study conducted by Island Health in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The research
evaluated Vocera Collaboration Suite across acute care and community practice settings on Vancouver Island. The study, which
included feedback from more than 100 clinicians, evaluated the mobile application to understand the impact of secure texting on
care team communication, clinical workflows, technology adoption, and user experience.
“Clinical communication with pagers, faxes and landlines complicates workflows and requires laborious and timely manual
processes, which do not meet the contemporary needs of clinicians,” said Dr. Sean Spina, researcher and pharmacy clinical
coordinator at Island Health. “Providing patient-centered care requires clinicians to communicate quickly and collaborate
seamlessly across care settings and organizational boundaries.”
During the study, 80 percent of research participants agreed that using a secure communication tool makes them feel comfortable
sharing patient information. Participants included clinical managers, family physicians, hospitalists, microbiologists, nurses,
pharmacists, and specialists in emergency medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, oncology, orthopedic surgery, radiology,
respiratory medicine, rehabilitation, pediatrics, and plastic surgery. Among these care team members, a majority agreed or strongly
agreed Vocera Collaboration Suite makes it easier to send and receive important information about patient care, and many indicated
the mobile app allowed them to provide better care to their patients.
Dr. Spina will share detailed results of the multi-disciplinary study at the Quality Forum, Feb. 26-28 in Vancouver, and at the
eHealth Annual Conference, May 26-29 in Toronto.
“Clinicians value a reliable way to communicate regardless of device or location,” said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera.
“We are proud to provide a secure, trusted communication and collaboration platform that connects healthcare providers across the
care continuum in acute care hospitals, community physician practices, and other healthcare settings.”
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 140 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
http://www.vocera.com and follow
@VoceraComm on Twitter.
Vocera® and the Vocera logo are trademarks 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.
Shanna Hearon
Vocera Communications, Inc.
shearon@vocera.com
669-999-3368
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