Sending a Text Message

You can use Staff Assignment to send short text messages (up to 200 characters) to users who have been assigned to beds or roles on the Assignments tab.

To send a text message from Staff Assignment, you must be logged in as a Vocera user. You cannot send a text message from Staff Assignment if you logged in as "Administrator".

To send a text message to a user from the Assignments tab:

  1. Select a cell where a staff assignment has already been made for a bed or role.
  2. Right-click the cell, and choose Send Text Message. The Text Message dialog box appears.
  3. Type a text message. It can be up to 200 characters.
    Note: If any predefined text messages have been defined for your unit by the administrator, you can select one, edit it, and then send it. For example, if there is a predefined message "Water requested by Room," you can select it from the list, type the room number at the end of the message, and then click Send.
  4. Click Send.