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Rush Memorial's virtual ICU reduces transfers, boosts patient experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. THE PROBLEM This was something staff was looking into even before COVID, as they were thinking about what was best for their patients and their families when it comes to being admitted to the hospital.

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New Epic, Press Ganey integration automates nursing quality, safety data reporting

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Patient experience monitoring company Press Ganey has taken its data integration partnership with Epic a step further, unveiling Monday an additional collaboration focused on nursing-related safety | Indicators and outcomes logged in the EHR platform will be pulled into Press Ganey's National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, which is used (..)

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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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Telehealth, properly integrated with EHRs, can boost cancer care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"Having this kind of tool built into the clinicians' workflow by being embedded within the EHR is another level of convenience that is becoming table stakes at this stage." What elements of cancer care can physicians and nurses tend to with telemedicine along the cancer care journey? Living 20 miles from St.

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Telehealth Technology Helps Prevent Nurse Burnout — Here’s How

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Increased workloads and health risks and the ever-changing dynamics in the workplace are making life more challenging for both nurses and physicians. With all that’s at stake for our healthcare staff members, nurse retention should become a focal point for those in charge of healthcare facilities. Reducing Burnout Among Nurses.

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Athenahealth launches new EHR-embedded telehealth tool

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

" By directly integrating video conferencing within the athenaOne EHR, the company says it hopes to streamline patient and provider experience. " Nurses can complete patient intake through the EHR and then initiate a so-called virtual handoff to practitioners.

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Bonus Features – March 24, 2024 – Data infrastructure investments have 124% ROI, 85% of healthcare workers believe AI can improve the patient experience, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

Though less than 37% of healthcare workers trust AI in healthcare, 85% believe AI can improve the patient experience and 77% say AI can solve the labor shortage, according to a Carta Healthcare survey. Arizona-based Integrated Medical Services implemented athenahealth EHR, RCM, and patient engagement tools.