Vocera Awarded a Place on NHS Shared Business Services Framework
New NHS SBS framework provides access to market leading communication tools
Vocera Communications, Inc, announced that the company’s clinical communication and workflow solutions are now available for procurement through the NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) Patient/Citizen Communications and Engagement Solutions Framework.
The framework offers a compliant route for NHS and public sector organisations to procure communication solutions directly from approved suppliers that have met key standards and requirements, saving valuable time and resources.
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“It will help make it faster and easier for our healthcare customers in the UK to procure and implement our award-winning solutions.”
“We are delighted to be named an approved supplier to this NHS SBS framework,” said Brent Lang, Chairman and CEO of Vocera. “It will help make it faster and easier for our healthcare customers in the UK to procure and implement our award-winning solutions.”
For more than 20 years Vocera has been working to simplify workflows and improve the lives of healthcare team members and the people they serve. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health systems around the world have relied on Vocera solutions to help keep team members safe and connected while wearing personal protective equipment (PPE).
Nurses, doctors and other care team members use Vocera solutions to communicate and collaborate by securely texting or calling. They can choose the right device for their role or task, including smartphones or the hands-free, wearable Vocera Smartbadge and Vocera Badge. Team members can quickly connect with the right person or group using role assignments and simple voice commands. Interoperability between Vocera solutions and more than 150 clinical and operational systems helps reduce alarm fatigue; minimize cognitive overload, speed up staff response times; and improve patient care, safety, and experience.
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The experience and capability of Vocera and its solutions have been robustly tested via NHS SBS’s procurement process. A total of 29 suppliers have been awarded to the framework, which includes nine lots. Vocera is in Lot 8 – Workforce.
Adam Nickerson, senior category manager of digital and IT at NHS SBS said, “Our new Patient/Citizen Communications and Engagement Solutions framework provides access to market leading communication tools encompassing workforce communications, alerts, reminders, and appointment technology that support healthcare professionals to deliver effective and efficient clinical care.”
