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UCI Health names nursing informatics leader as new CIO

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WHY IT MATTERS Eastman, who started the job on July 24, has deep expertise in both nursing and information technology, and UCI officials noted her "strong leadership skills and a forward-thinking vision that will shape the future of the technology infrastructure at UCI Health." Lefteris in a statement. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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Providence forges a new path with a virtual nursing unit

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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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Intelligent Communication: The Key to Retaining Nursing Staff

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jim Larrison, Co-Founder & CCO at Firstup Three years after the start of the pandemic, nurses are beyond burnt out. Despite being hailed as “healthcare heroes,” nurses feel overworked, underpaid and under-appreciated. According to a recent survey by Jarrard Inc., In the same Jarrad, Inc.

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Lehigh Valley streamlines ED triage with virtual docs and nurses

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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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CIO Podcast – Episode 58: Virtual Nursing with Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, JD, RN, MS, SVP

Healthcare IT Today

For the 58th episode of the CIO podcast hosted by Healthcare IT Today, we are joined by Carol Boston-Fleischhauer, JD, RN, MS, SVP, Chief Clinical Officer at Banyan Medical Systems to talk about virtual nursing! Next, we discuss how virtual is transforming the current nursing models. We release a new CIO Podcast every ~2 weeks.

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Health IT: Buy or Sell – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 109

Healthcare IT Today

For the 109th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast , we are back with everyone’s favorite game, Health IT: Buy or Sell! We’ve got a number of hot topics for this episode included TEFCA, QHINs, Homecare, Healthcare Workforce, and Hospital Robots vs Nurses. IT salaries in healthcare will continue to go up.

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HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda to Improve the Nurse Experience

Healthcare IT Today

In the following interview with Sammie Mosier, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, HCA Healthcare, we dive into HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda aimed at improving the nurse experience. What is HCA’s Cohesive Nursing Agenda? The Cohesive Nursing Agenda is a […].

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