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Developing Simulation-Based Telehealth Training for Next-Gen Nurses

January 24, 2024 - Telehealth has cemented itself as a vital tool in the effort to expand healthcare access and improve care outcomes. To keep up with the rise in adoption and use, healthcare organizations need trained clinicians who are comfortable with virtual technologies and care processes. A new nurse training program in the Midwest aims to meet this very need. The need for practical telehealth...

How Virtual Nursing Can Help Fortify a Workforce in Crisis

January 11, 2024 by Anuja Vaidya

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...

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...

Vanderbilt, Jefferson Health Systems Launch Virtual Nursing Programs

August 21, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and Jefferson Health in Philadelphia have launched virtual nursing programs in an effort to improve care protocols and ease administrative...

Virtual Care Model Aims to Provide Clinical Support in Nursing Homes

June 23, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

In pursuit of enhanced clinical support in nursing homes, Regenstrief Institute researchers began a pilot study to create a virtual application of OPTIMISTIC, an in-person model that aims to improve...

Hybrid Nursing Model Expands Following Successful Pilot

June 07, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Following a successful pilot at Covenant Medical Center, Providence will expand a hybrid nursing model, Co-Caring, to ten additional units in its hospitals throughout its seven-state service...

Virtual Nursing Program Aims to Enhance Care Operations

May 22, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Fredericksburg, Virginia-based Mary Washington Healthcare has implemented a virtual nursing program at Stafford Hospital to enable registered nurses (RNs) to work from a virtual operations command...

Partnership Adds Virtual Nursing Program to Improve Patient Safety

February 15, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Mary Washington Healthcare is working in collaboration with Caregility to leverage its Inpatient Virtual Engagement (IVE) solution to support a virtual nursing program within Stafford Hospital. Mary...

Is Telehealth More Stressful for Nurses Than In-Person Care?

April 29, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

Telehealth is often touted as a method for improving workloads and reducing stress on healthcare providers. But a recent study is questioning whether those services actually put more pressure on...

Telehealth, RPM Programs Can Benefit Greatly From a Nurse’s Perspective

February 26, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

When the Blessing Health System recently launched a remote patient monitoring program to provide care for newly-discharged COVID-19 patients, officials were quick to point out that the platform would...

Mount Sinai Unveils mHealth Resource for Nurses Treating COVID-19 Patients

April 16, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

The Mount Sinai Health System has unveiled an mHealth resource to help nurses who are treating COVID-19 patients. The New York-based health system is partnering with Sana Labs and the New York Academy...

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