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How Virtual Nursing Can Help Fortify a Workforce in Crisis

January 11, 2024 - The COVID-19 pandemic hit an already beleaguered nursing workforce hard, driving stress, burnout, and resignations among nurses to record highs. The urgent need to address nurse workflow issues and better support them has sparked fresh interest in the virtual nursing model among healthcare provider organizations. Though the model itself is not new — the first recorded use of...

Using Virtual Care Tech to Curb Care Barriers in Rural South Carolina

November 29, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Rural Americans are often caught in a healthcare bind. This population is more likely to suffer from various healthcare issues, including chronic conditions, unintentional injury, and the opioid crisis, but are less able to access the...

Virtual Nursing, Sitting Platforms Help Alleviate Staff Shortages

September 22, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Healthcare professionals appear satisfied with their virtual nursing and sitting solutions, with a majority noting that they have positively impacted staffing issues, according to a new KLAS...

Providers See Virtual Nursing as Potential Recruitment Opportunity

September 18, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

As virtual nursing efforts spread across health systems, a new survey shows that 75 percent of healthcare professionals view virtual nursing as a recruitment opportunity to hire nurses who cannot or...

CHI Saint Joseph Hospital Pilots Virtual Nursing to Address Shortages

April 24, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

CHI Saint Joseph Health is one of the first hospitals to implement a virtual nursing model using technology developed by CommonSpirit Health, according to a recent announcement. The model adds a...

UPMC Kane to Staff ED With Emergency Care Physicians Via Telehealth

March 29, 2022 by Anuja Vaidya

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has launched a tele-emergency department at its UPMC Kane facility. Launched earlier this month, this is the first tele-ED in Pennsylvania, according to the press release....