TRANSFER

Safe, Effective Patient Transfers

Vocera Care Transition Transfer enable caregivers to effectively standardize, manage, and monitor patient transfers. Customizable voice, data, and text options streamline care transitions at the time of patient transfer and discharge.

According to The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, the average patient is transferred more than five times during a single hospital stay. Moreover, breakdowns in communication among care teams during patient transfers and hand-overs are shown to be the root cause of more than 80 percent of serious medical errors. Vocera Care Transition Transfer allow for efficient transfer of care between providers and ensures maximum outcomes in hospital performance, quality, and patient safety.

Vocera Care Transition Transfer offer:

Management reporting
Management reports audit the timeliness, efficiency, and content of transfers throughout the healthcare organisation. Reports highlight potential barriers and bottlenecks, while identifying coaching and training opportunities.

Flexible, efficient hand-overs
Vocera Care Transition Transfer increase the efficiency of transfers by allowing transferring units to drop-off hand-overs utilizing existing hardware such as computers, smartphones, wireless devices, and phones.

Receiving unit alerts
The solution alerts the receiving unit of the patient's anticipated arrival and forwards pertinent information and instructions, eliminating phone tag and paperwork, while reducing delays in transfers and admissions, all of which increases both patient safety and staff availability for direct patient care.