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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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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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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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Three Ways Enterprise Visibility and Automation Benefit Staff and the Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

While their increased retirement has been anticipated, the associated timing compounded staffing challenges within the healthcare industry and left leadership seeking solutions. An important aspect of the patient experience is ensuring that patients and loved ones are comfortable and informed throughout the care journey.

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Asynchronous video for pre-op boosts patient and staff experience

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"It is vital the patient not only understands the information but also retains it and then takes appropriate action. "Then with the video analytics we can actually see the data to make sure our patients are in fact watching and engaging with the video content," she continued. "That's an A+ in patient experience.

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The Quiet Hospital Unit and Other Benefits of an Open and Interoperable Communication Platform

Healthcare IT Today

For instance, if the patient is just asking for a pillow, the call goes to a technician instead of a nurse. This relieves the nurses of trivial tasks and lets them “practice at the top of their licenses.” Virtual nursing is also easier with seamless communications.

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

Health Populi

“I am a health care executive who happens to be a patient, caregiver, and advocate,” Stacy Hurt explained to me in a Zoom chat we shared on 31 May. I asked her to meet with me to discuss her professional news update: being appointed Parexel’s first Patient Ambassador. Stacy was fighting for home nursing services for Emmett. “I