Emerus, an emergency-services company, announced it would implement the Vocera communication system within Emerus-branded hospitals in Texas.
Vocera, a San Jose, Calif.-based communications company, provided an overhead pager system that reduces background noise and a system that allows telemetry nurses to receive alerts remotely rather than having to check back in to a work station, according to a news release. The communication system purportedly improves work flow and decreases patient wait times, according to the news release.
Emerus' hospitals in Tomball and Sugar Land, Texas, will receive the systems as well as partnering hospitals — Baptist Health Care System in San Antonio, Baylor Emergency Medical Center in Dallas and Baylor Scott & White in Austin, all in Texas — to improve emergency department communication.
"We are proud to partner with patient-centered organizations like Emerus and empower their care teams to reach the right person, at the right time, with the right information, on the right device, anywhere," said Brent Lang, president and CEO of Vocera, in the news release. "The ability to instantly connect to a person or group via voice or intuitive alerts saves valuable steps and time, and can potentially save lives."