[asterisk-users] Vocera Comm Badges

[Frank Bulk - iName.com]

I think you would only need a headset if you need privacy.  That is the
catch-22 in healthcare environments -- HIPAA would prevent Dr. Smith calling
nurse Jones to ask the temperature of patient Susan White because nurse
Jones could be with another patient.  

Support for the Vocera server to communicate via a PRI to a PBX has long
been in the software. 

I'm not sure what they use for signaling.

Frank

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Philipp von
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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Vocera Comm Badges

Hi!

> I've worked with these before. They are designed to run a whole
> hospital shift, so there should be no worries regarding the battery. 

Sounds good. The speaker phone quality is acceptable (the speaker is 
quite small and points forward, not upwards in the direction of the ear), 
or would you rather recommend a headset?

> I'm not aware of the server having any kind of SIP support -- I think
> you would need to have a PRI trunk to another PBX. 

That appears to be a newly added feature.

> The last time I talked to them they had their own proprietary codec to
> deal with the occasional packet loss of Wi-Fi, and the codec was
> encrypted, too. 

Interesting - any clue on the signalling method?

Philipp


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