Welcome to the latest release of Vocera Secure Texting (VST)! The VST solution extends the power of the Vocera Communications System to physicians and care teams that are located outside the hospital. VST balances security and convenience by providing a secure, easy to use, HIPAA-compliant alternative to SMS as well as basic voice capabilities to enhance communication and collaboration. The solution integrates seamlessly with the Vocera platform, providing texting and voice capabilities across Vocera end points.
The Vocera Secure Texting solution provides the following features:
If you are logged into one of the clients or the Administration Console, you can find documentation for this version of VST at the following locations:
Product Component | Where to Get Help |
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Within the Administration Console | Choose Help > User Guide |
Within the Web Client | Choose Help |
Within the Handheld Client | Choose More > Support > User Guide |
You can also access the VST documentation directly from a web browser without being logged in:
For additional product information, see also:
This section summarizes the new features in this release.
The
The
The
Availability
Support for up to 10,000 total contacts in any supported client.
Security Updates
Silent Mode
When a user is in silent mode they will not receive any notification tones. Silent mode is when the user is in a busy or unavailable state.
Terminated Conversation
Messaging Update
Attachment Updates
Support for Multiple Locations
Non-VST Users and Group Availability
The
The following list contains fixes and improvements made to the
This has been corrected. All devices running Android Pie are now receiving GCM notifications.
Device wipe requests initiated by the administrator were not properly handled by the application. This issue has been corrected.
When a user was removed and attempted to log back into the application the Loading Resources page did not load. This did not allow the user to log into the application. This has been fixed and once a user accepts the EULA the Loading Resources page will load.
When a user typed a message and selected a misspelled word for spell check options, the application would freeze. This has been corrected and the spell check feature is working as expected.
This release of the
VSTMC-4227 Swiping a message to delete works inconsistently; you may have to
swipe multiple times before the
Workaround: Log into the Web client to delete conversations.
DE15318 After upgrading to VST 2.2 the PIN is reset to 24 hours. The user will need to reset their PIN to the desired time frame.
There is no workaround at this time.
There is no workaround at this time.
Workaround: Reenter the PIN.