Here are four things to know about the partnership:
1. Vocera is a healthcare company focused on clinical communication and workflow solutions, including voice calling and secure texting services.
2. Qventus offers hospitals an artificial intelligence-based software platform that alerts staff to potential patient flow and safety risks, using data from clinical and operations systems.
3. Under the agreement, Qventus will be able to deliver alerts related to care risks to appropriate team members on the Vocera platform. These alerts include course corrections to address the risk and contextual information about the patient in question.
4. The goal of the partnership is to provide front-line clinical staff with real-time situational awareness, which will improve clinical workflow and patient safety, according to the two companies.
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