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NHSE publishes guidance on digitising documentation for nurses

DigitalHealth

With the continued push for digitisation in the NHS, new guidance for digital documentation by nurses has been published by NHS England.

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'Much bigger than just a global pandemic': How hospitals can plan crisis EHR documentation

Mobi Health News

In a preview of their HIMSS22 panel, Serena Bumpus of Ascension and Stephanie Hoelscher of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center explain their Texas pilot study on crisis documentation during COVID-19 surges and how it could lessen the burden on nurses.

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Suki expands availability of its ambient AI clinical documentation platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It can be used for clinical documentation, diagnosis coding, real-time information retrieval from the electronic health record and other applications. The company recently expanded the platform's capabilities to support those in inpatient settings to work across hospital, ambulatory, telehealth, skilled nursing facilities and home health.

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Baptist Health is making virtual nursing work, and gaining big ROI

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Nurses have been in high demand for years, and especially since the pandemic. As baby boomers continue to age, the demand for bedside nursing continues to increase. "We tried to build our model around the notion that each patient will now have two nurses coordinating their care."

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing is gaining significant momentum as an effective way to redesign and redistribute nursing workload. Virtual models decrease the burden on nurses delivering direct bedside patient care and leverages nurses that want to continue practicing but may not be able to practice at the bedside by extending their nursing careers.

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Elevating Patient Care: The Role of Clinical Documentation Improvement

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Clinical documentation improvement (CDI) is more than just a healthcare buzzword; it’s a crucial process that significantly impacts patient care, healthcare quality, and financial outcomes. What Is Clinical Documentation Improvement? Optimized Reimbursement : Accurate documentation is essential for proper reimbursement.

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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nurse and virtual doc triage To make this happen, the health system implemented a virtual nurse and virtual physician triage program designed to get patients moving through the ED process sooner rather than later. The tests included physicians, nurses, technicians, scribes, EKG techs, etc.,

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