Vocera

The new skill will let patients verbally communicate with caregivers through Amazon Echo. 

Vocera CEO Brent D. Lang and CMO Dr. Bridget Duffy and UCLA Hospital System CEO Johnese Spisso discuss the CEO Coalition's mission to ensure workforce safety.

Dr. Bridget Duffy, former chief experience officer at the Cleveland Clinic and CMO at Vocera, discusses burnout during the pandemic, protecting the safety of the healthcare workforce, and how technology can help and hurt.

The patient-facing EASE app is HIPAA compliant, and does not save any texts, photos or videos to the recipient's device.

Vocera CMIO Dr. Benjamin Kanter explains how infection control and atypical care facilities have made a new case for flexible communications systems.

Vocera Senior Clinical Executive Steven Matarelli says Smartbadge provides secure texting and the ability to add context so providers can have informed conversations.

The Vocera Smartbadge holds a 2.4 inch touchscreen, improved microphones and speakers, extended battery life and other perks over its predecessor.

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the mid-Atlantic region’s largest health insurer, has made a strategic investment in Sharecare, as well as signing a contract to provide CareFirst members with access to ShareCare's suite of digital services.

New York City-based Pager, which offers an app for on-demand house call services, has appointed Walter Jin as the company’s new CEO.

It’s been a busy week for Fitbit.