November 12, 2003
Wearable Voice Communication System
Providence Portland Medical Center has ventured into wireless communication with the Vocera Wearable Voice Communication System.
In a hospital-wide effort to improve patient care through efficient clinical communication, Providence Portland Medical Center, part of Providence Health System, engaged Datavision to deliver the first phase of deploying a Vocera(TM) communications solution.
The clinical staff at Providence Portland Medical Center is faced with communication challenges that many major hospitals face; the highly mobile staff, annoyance of overhead paging, and the need to be hands-free. After a review of available alternatives, the management team at Providence Portland Medical Center has determined that Vocera's hands-free, wearable communication system addresses these challenges.
The Vocera Communications System provides hands-free, voice-activated communications within 802.11b-networked buildings or campuses. Aimed at mobile workers in hospitals, retail operations, and other industries, the system will allow users to interact with each other instantly and make decisions quickly with simple voice commands.
Vocera Communications Badge is a wearable device that weighs less than two ounces and can easily be clipped to a shirt pocket or worn on a lanyard. It enables instant two-way voice conversation without the need to remember a phone number or manipulate a handset.
Sounds a bit like the Star Trek communicator!
Here is a video about Vocera, a brochure and their white paper on instant voice communication.
Posted by rsk at November 12, 2003 09:46 AM