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New efforts try to balance nurse staffing ratios with access to care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

It's National Nurses Week 2024 , and it's time to celebrate the more than 5 million RNs nationwide who are so essential to care delivery. But overshadowing the celebration are many challenges impacting the nursing workforce. Feds, states take up nurse staffing The past four years have been especially tough on nurses, of course.

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Can virtual nursing help ease clinician burnout?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

No hospital or health system is immune from the challenges of the nationwide nursing shortage. As organizations look for ways to reduce the administrative burden on nurses and improve engagement and satisfaction, virtual nursing is one consideration. What is the national nursing shortage like today?

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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.,

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If 20% of RNs quit by 2027, could virtual nursing be enough to fill the gap?

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Virtual nursing has been getting an increasing amount of attention in healthcare, especially with telemedicine entering the mainstream during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Baptist Health has a successful virtual nursing program up and running, as does Providence. For more on virtual nursing, click here and here and here.)

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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

Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.

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Improving Patient Experience, While Avoiding a Star Ratings Scandal

Healthcare IT Today

The lawsuit, reportedly the first of its kind leveraged against a nursing […]. On March 15, California prosecutors sued Brookdale Senior Living, accusing the largest chain of senior living communities in the U.S. of manipulating the federal government’s Star ratings system.

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ViVE 2024 – What Threat or Opportunity Should Health IT Leaders be Keeping Their Eye On?

Healthcare IT Today

In order to get a good range of insights and opinions on what threats and opportunities health IT leaders should be looking out for, we reached out to our incredibly talented Healthcare IT Today Community while at ViVE 2024. In addition, you have nurses and other extended-care staff leaving healthcare in record numbers.