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Hospitals Are Looking for Hard ROI in Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Health systems across the country are launching telemedicine programs aimed at improving the nurse's workload, but both value and sustainability are hard to pin down. Virtual nursing is all the rage these days, with health systems across the country launching telemedicine-based programs aimed at helping their beleaguered nurses.

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Team Up to Tackle Care Redesign

Health Leaders | Nursing

While some health systems use tablets or telemedicine carts, an increasing number are using TVs built specifically for the healthcare setting and providing both entertainment and clinical services, ranging from audio-visual conferencing to access to resources and education.

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Virtua Health Launches AI-Enabled Virtual Nursing Program

Health Leaders | Nursing

“By swiftly adopting optical cameras and ambient sensors, we’re poised to markedly enhance the patient and care team experience, ensuring a safer, more efficient, and empathically connected healthcare experience.”

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Intermountain Sees Unexpected Benefits in Virtual Nursing Pilot

Health Leaders | Nursing

Fox says the concept was launched to address not only the ongoing nursing shortage, but to improve the patient experience. The pilot program uses a virtual nursing station within the hospital and shifts nurses on the unit between in-person and virtual care.

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Houston Methodist is Playing the Long Game With Virtual Nursing

Health Leaders | Nursing

Alongside addressing admission and discharge times, key elements of a patient’s length of stay, they’re looking at care coordination and management and documentation compliance. Analytics and reporting are part of the process, Klahn says, because “you’ve got to demonstrate ROI early on.”

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Nurse Input is Crucial to Jefferson Health’s Virtual Nursing Program

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: HLM Communities Image: Tags: care continuum care coordination digital health innovation inpatient leadership management nurses nursing patient experience strategy technology telemedicine value Secondary Pillars: Innovation CNO Article Type: Analysis Published Date: Monday, May 13, 2024 Hide sidebars: Render small main image:

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Smart Phone Apps + Health Coach = Better Surgical Outcomes, Says UPMC

Health Leaders | Nursing

While numerous studies have already shown that surgical outcomes are better when patients comply with perioperative instructions, the study authors note that "ensuring that adherence is easier said than done."