Vocera Communications : to Release Research Results from HIMSS17

Findings show 51 percent of IT leaders collaborate with clinical peers before selecting new tech

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24, 2017 -- Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), a recognized leader in clinical communication and workflow solutions, conducted research with HIMSS Analytics during the 2017 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition, exploring how clinical and IT leaders collaborate to identify and deploy future healthcare technologies. Vocera worked closely with HIMSS Analytics to design and conduct the survey. Approximately 125 clinical and IT leaders from U.S. health systems, hospitals and outpatient facilities participated. Findings from the research will be released during a free virtual briefing on Tuesday, April 25, at 12 p.m. ET.

'As healthcare technology evolves to play deeper roles in communication, workflow support, data capture and decision support, it is essential for clinical and IT leaders to collaborate and engage all stakeholders in the selection, design and deployment of these solutions,' said Liz Boehm, research director at Vocera.

About 51 percent of IT leaders who participated in the survey reported collaborating with clinical peers to define requirements for selecting clinical technology systems, but only 14 percent said they consult with frontline team members before beginning the selection process. Clinical survey participants show a slightly higher likelihood to involve frontline teams at 20 percent. Clinical and IT leaders agreed that the most important value of healthcare technology is to help safeguard against clinical errors and ensure patient safety.

The survey also addressed burnout among clinicians as well as IT team members. While much of the healthcare industry focuses on care team burnout, IT leaders are not immune. Ninety-one percent of IT survey respondents indicated they and their teams are somewhat to extremely burnt out by the demands of supporting clinical IT selection, implementation and management. The survey also revealed that greater collaboration between these two groups can help foster solutions for reducing burnout for both.

Additional research findings will be shared by Boehm and Bryan Fiekers, senior director of research services at HIMSS Analytics, during the virtual briefing hosted by Vocera and HIMSS Analytics on April 25.

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 continues to offer the leading platform for clinical communication and workflow. In more than 1,400 hospitals and health systems around the world, care teams use our solutions to text securely using smartphones or make calls with our hands-free, wearable Vocera Badge. Interoperability between our platform and more than 120 clinical 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, nuclear facilities, libraries, retail stores and more. Vocera makes 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. Learn more at www.vocera.com, and follow @VoceraComm on Twitter.

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About HIMSS Analytics
HIMSS Analytics is a global healthcare advisor, providing guidance and market intelligence solutions that move the industry forward with insight to enable better health through the use of IT. As a trusted healthcare research and advisory firm, the industry depends on HIMSS Analytics' resources, benchmarks, predictive models and assessment tools to improve decision making regarding their IT strategic roadmap and market strategy.

HIMSS Analytics is uniquely positioned and differentiated through its industry focused offerings which include its Healthcare IT market intelligence tool, Healthcare IT insights and Healthcare IT benchmarks and services. The LOGIC market intelligence tool has the largest technology data set with unmatched breadth and depth needed for guiding healthcare IT strategies. HIMSS Analytics research and advisory consultants uncover unique insights on how to optimally use IT to tackle today's healthcare challenges faced by both healthcare delivery organizations and IT companies. Its EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM) provides a strategic roadmap and guidance along an 8-stage model with comparisons to healthcare organizations in the same country and around the world.

HIMSS Analytics, a wholly owned subsidiary of HIMSS, is the healthcare research and advisory firm for healthcare delivery organizations, IT companies, governmental entities, and financial, pharmaceutical, consulting and emerging technology solution partners worldwide.

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