Simplifying Hospital Communication Technology with vCards

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From the Front Lines| September 2021 Simplifying Hospital Communication Technology with vCards Sean Love, MD; Sean Love, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Donald Herdt, MD; Donald Herdt, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Sean Berenholtz, MD, MHS, FCCM Sean Berenholtz, MD, MHS, FCCM Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor September 2021, Vol. 85, e2. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000791664.17406.9c Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Sean Love, Donald Herdt, Sean Berenholtz; Simplifying Hospital Communication Technology with vCards. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:e2 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000791664.17406.9c Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: communication and information technology To coordinate care at our hospital, a major academic medical center on the east coast, providers use a combination of landlines, one-way pagers, email, an institutionally developed browser-based messaging application, an electronic health record-based messaging system, a voice over internet protocol smartphone dialing application, and several desktop computer-based messaging platforms. Keeping up with this array of technology can be burdensome. We found that members of our anesthesiology department craved a more uniform, simplified, and reliable method of communication. Initially, we addressed this challenge by exchanging personal cellphone numbers with one another. Although providers found this informal system of direct text messaging and calls on personal cellphones convenient, they lacked a comprehensive and up-to-date list of contact numbers. We describe an initiative to streamline our workplace communication environment by compiling and electronically distributing the personal phone numbers of clinical faculty, residents, and CRNAs who agreed to share their information in the... You do not currently have access to this content.