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How Hospitals Are Using Technology to Support the Nursing Workforce

Diversity Nursing

This reduces the time spent on paperwork, minimizes errors associated with manual documentation, and ensures all healthcare providers have immediate access to accurate patient information. With streamlined documentation, Nurses can spend more time providing direct patient care, which enhances the overall patient experience.

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OHRH launches virtual nursing program to increase efficiency, enhance patient care

Health Leaders | Nursing

Owensboro Health Regional Hospital has launched a virtual nursing program aimed at providing better patient care.

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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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Careers in Virtual Nursing: What You Need to Know

Post University

The Technological Foundation of Virtual Nursing Believe it or not, the first telemedicine technology was used as far back as the 1960s when NASA built health monitoring sensors into the spacesuits of astronauts so their vitals could be tracked during space travel.

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How Customer-Centric is Your Practice, Business, or Organization?

Nurse Practitioners in Business

And while it may take up more time, show compassion towards patients and their families during difficult times. Accessibility: As much as possible, ensure patients have easy access to care by providing flexible scheduling, online booking, and telemedicine options where appropriate.

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The hospital makes a house call

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: Innovation Link: Full story Article Source: The New York Times Magazine Tags: community COVID-19 healthcare access home health nursing patient experience physicians public service strategy telemedicine Secondary Pillars: Covid-19 Post-Acute Strategy Clinical Care Nursing Article Type: News Published Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023 Hide sidebars: (..)

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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.