Vocera solutions are key to an international
strategy to elevate patient care, safety and experience
Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in
clinical communication and workflow solutions, today announced that
the Cleveland Clinic London will use the Vocera Platform to
standardize care team communication across the hospital when it
opens in 2021. The eight-story, state-of-the-art facility will
boast the latest technology and exceptional talent from around the
world. Nurses, physicians, consultants and other care team members
will use the wearable, voice-controlled Vocera Smartbadge and the
Vocera Vina smartphone application to quickly connect and
collaborate on patient care.
“The Cleveland Clinic, and what we do to improve the lives of
patients, is very special. It has a world-wide appeal, and London
is a great place to showcase the compassionate, innovative models
of care we offer,” said Deborah Small, Chief Nursing Officer,
Cleveland Clinic London. “We have assembled and are recruiting very
specialized caregivers who will form the most outstanding teams in
global healthcare, and to support them and their great work, we are
deploying best-in-class technology.”
The 185-bed facility near Buckingham Palace will be the Clinic's
third international location and will focus on high acuity
services, including heart and vascular diseases, neurosciences,
orthopaedics, digestive disorders, and general surgery. Regardless
of location, the health system aims to create consistent healing
and working experiences for patients, families and care teams
world-wide.
For several years, care teams at Cleveland Clinic hospitals in
the U.S. and the Middle East have been using Vocera solutions to
connect and collaborate. Because of this successful and trusted
partnership, the health system chose to implement Vocera solutions
in London. Purpose-built to leverage the full software capability
of the Vocera Platform, the Smartbadge and customizable Vina app
enable clinicians to communicate via voice, send and receive secure
messages, manage alerts and alarms, and more. The mobile solutions
provide relevant contextual information to help clinicians make
informed decisions quickly. With the dynamic master directory of
the communication platform, clinicians can easily reach colleagues
simply by saying a name, role or group.
“We have an opportunity to build one of the most impressive
hospitals in the world by investing in future-state technologies
that are ahead of the curve in UK healthcare,” said Gareth
Sherlock, Chief Information Officer, Cleveland Clinic London. “It
is critical to have intelligent, integrated solutions that can be
part of a connected ecosystem of innovation, people, processes and
research on day one, and also to have the flexibility to expand as
the health system expands.”
The Vocera Platform integrates with more than 150 clinical and
operational systems, including electronic health records (EHR),
physiologic monitors, ventilators and more. Cleveland Clinic London
is planning a two-way integration with Epic, the hospital’s EHR
system. Additional integrations with a real-time location system
and nurse call solution also are planned.
“We are honored to be part of this journey with Cleveland Clinic
London, soon to be one of the world’s most technologically advanced
hospitals,” said Brent Lang, President and CEO of Vocera. “It is an
exciting time for the health system and for healthcare around the
globe as a new level of innovation, patient care, safety and
experience evolves.”
About Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic London opens in Spring 2021. It will have 185
inpatient beds; eight operating rooms; a full imaging suite;
endoscopy and catheterization labs; day case rooms for surgery; and
a full neurological suite with rehabilitation. The facility will
offer a full range of medical services including specialty services
focusing on heart and vascular, orthopaedics, digestive diseases,
neurosciences and general surgery. Visit us at
clevelandcliniclondon.uk.
Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical
center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and
education. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by
four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding
patient care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion
and innovation. Cleveland Clinic has pioneered many medical
breakthroughs, including coronary artery bypass surgery and the
first face transplant in the United States. U.S. News & World
Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation’s
best hospitals in its annual “America’s Best Hospitals” survey.
Among Cleveland Clinic’s 66,000 employees are more than 4,200
salaried physicians and researchers and 16,600 nurses, representing
140 medical specialties and subspecialties. Cleveland Clinic’s
health system includes a 165-acre main campus near downtown
Cleveland, 11 regional hospitals in northeast Ohio, more than 180
northern Ohio outpatient locations – including 18 full-service
family health centers and three health and wellness centers – and
locations in southeast Florida; Las Vegas, Nev.; Toronto, Canada;
Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. In 2018, there were 7.9
million total outpatient visits, 238,000 hospital admissions and
observations, and 220,000 surgical cases throughout Cleveland
Clinic’s health system. Patients came for treatment from every
state and 185 countries. Visit us at clevelandclinic.org. Follow us
at twitter.com/CCforMedia and twitter.com/ClevelandClinic. News and
resources available at newsroom.clevelandclinic.org.
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 offers
the leading platform for improving clinical communication and
workflow. More than 1,850 facilities worldwide, including nearly
1,600 hospitals and healthcare facilities, have selected our
clinical communication and workflow solutions. Care team members
use our solutions to communicate and collaborate with co-workers by
securely texting or calling, and to be notified of important alerts
and alarms. They can choose the right device for their role or
task, including smartphones or our hands-free, wearable Vocera
Smartbadge and Vocera Badge. Interoperability between the Vocera
Platform 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
power facilities, schools, libraries, retail stores, and more.
Vocera solutions make 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.
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.
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