Vocera Edge by Stryker is a cloud-based communication solution specifically designed for smartphones, aiming to simplify work at the point of care and enhance care team mobility. It provides effective and reliable clinical workflows and communication, enabling clinicians to remain focused on patient care. The platform unifies all communications, workflow tasks, and digital checklists specific to each patient, extracting more value from existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems like Epic.

The solution facilitates seamless communication and collaboration among team members through features like single sign-on, deep linking with Epic’s mobile apps (Epic Rover and Epic Haiku), and integration with Epic’s Treatment Team. Nurses can receive filtered, prioritized notifications while documenting to the EHR, and securely access/write patient data. Physicians can easily locate and communicate with nurses and other team members supporting their patients, saving valuable time. Key functionalities include secure chat/text, voice and video calls, event notifications, clinical documentation, and order entry, all designed to improve staff safety, provide higher-quality, and more efficient care, ultimately leading to a positive patient experience.

Features & Benefits

• Unified Clinical Communication: Enables calling or messaging team members by name, role, group, or extension, with caller ID providing context including caller, patient, and notifications. Supports broadcasts and messages with contextual information.
• EHR Integration & Workflow Optimization: Deeply integrates with EHR systems like Epic, allowing nurses to document while receiving prioritized notifications and securely access/write patient data at the point of care.
• Mobile-First Design & Accessibility: Delivers a cloud-based solution for smartphones, providing a unified view of communications, tasks, and checklists, enhancing care team mobility.
• Physician & Nurse Specific Workflows: Offers tailored features for physicians to manage schedules, availability, and quickly locate/communicate with care teams, while nurses benefit from streamlined documentation and urgent communication workflows.