Vocera to Spotlight Care Team Well-being and Patient Safety at HIMSS20
Summary
Serious workplace violence incidents are four times more likely to occur in healthcare environments than in private industry, which is why Vocera is focusing on issues that put patients and care teams at risk. Fast, effective communication and how it impacts patient and staff safety is the focus of the HIMSS20 general session led by Deanna Parker, MBA, MHA, BSN, assistant vice president of emergency services at Hardin Memorial Hospital (HMH). Learn how the emergency department at HMH implemented and adopted the hands-free Vocera Badge while onboarding new team members and serving thousands of patients during a $15 million construction project. ET, on the lightning theater stage, where she will discuss how intelligent, human-centered communication solutions can simplify workflows, reduce cognitive burden, and improve patient care, safety and experience. 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.