Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2023

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. "Even before the pandemic, we knew we had to do something radically different to meet care requirements. Click here to read the special report.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 12, 2021

In a recent study, researchers associated more favorable electronic health record usability scores with lower odds of burnout among nurses. Unfortunately, that study also found that nurses scored their EHR usability at an F – which seems to bode ill for workplace satisfaction in an already stressful environment.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The degree to which nurse practitioners (NPs) can utilize the full extent of their education and training varies from state to state and practice to practice. According to the AANP , nurse practitioners’ independence varies depending on what state they choose to practice in.

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Iris Telehealth

MAY 22, 2023

Additionally, COMs hold recurring meetings that serve as checkpoints for provider satisfaction. Our COMs team would promptly meet with their clinic to address the situation by focusing on optimizing logistics and implementing best practices. The post Telepsychiatry in Action: Meet our COMs Team!

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HealthStream

MAY 26, 2020

As medicine evolves, new types of doctors and nurses are emerging to meet our system’s changing needs. In some cases, these clinicians are in new specialties that didn’t exist until recently, and demand for some of these physicians is already high.

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Iris Telehealth

AUGUST 22, 2022

Then, there would be multidisciplinary team meetings involving outpatient clinicians, family, and parole officers (if they were in place). We were also on-call into the evening if acute situations arose for nursing. It’s also fun meeting with different clinical organizations that need great providers.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 26, 2020

No understatement, these are very difficult times for nursing homes. million residents of nursing homes were already very frail people, needing help with 3 or more ADLs. Meanwhile, a wave of nursing home ‘transparency’ directives emerges from CMS , the nursing home regulator. So many of the 1.5 Most important?

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Health Populi

APRIL 25, 2023

Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of meeting Krissie, a Plastic Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist with the King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation as well as serving as an Ambassador with the Children’s Burns Trust. The book was conceived by Kristina (Krissie) Stiles and illustrated by her artistic collaborator, Jill Latter.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

doctors and nurses alike, are considering leaving their current role in the next two to three years. That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier.

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Digital Health Today

MAY 12, 2020

WHO designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Two additional events, National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2020) and International Nurses Day (May 12, 2020), provide even more opportunity to recognize the nurses working at the front lines, and how this important group of professionals hold the key to shaping the future of healthcare.

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Digital Leaders HealthTech

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The University of Worcester’s Jenny Pinfield and Elaine Swift, discuss how they are supporting the wellbeing of pre-registration nursing, nursing associate and midwifery students, through student engagement analytics. Supporting the next generation of nursing. When Covid came along, we decided now was the right time to invest.”.

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Mobile Health Matters

MAY 7, 2018

This week marks National Nurses Week in the U.S., both a celebration of the profession and an opportunity to educate the public about the role nurses play in healthcare and their communities. Nurses Driving Change. Nurses’ primary focus is on the quality of care, comfort and safety of their patients.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I get some notes from the primary service provider and the nurses. You make eye contact, listen, and meet them where they’re at. The post Clinician Corner: Meet Dr. Jaskirit Gill, MD appeared first on Iris Telehealth. I’m lucky that my clinic gives me a huddle. I start the day very prepared.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 31, 2019

The resources required to meet the care needs of […]. The article How Skilled Nursing Facilities Need To Prepare For Value-Based Care appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Iris Telehealth

DECEMBER 20, 2021

It’s refreshing because we have nurses, which is not something that I used to have in outpatient treatment. I adore my nurses. Having the ability to meet with a patient where they’re comfortable and where the provider is comfortable, too — is a plus. Q: What’s the most rewarding part of your job? It’s a win-win.

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Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2018

I greatly appreciated the opportunity today to attend a luncheon at the HX360 meeting which convened as part of the 2018 HIMSS Conference. More #nurses than #miners #healthcosts. The post Tweets at Lunch with Paul Krugman – Health IT Meets Economics appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

"We must offer patients diverse modalities of care, meet them where they are, and empower them to choose their preferred methods. "There was a call to action to engage clinicians, nurses in particular, as we transform models of care to improve patient outcomes and bring the joy back to medicine."

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 8, 2023

One crucial tool in the nursing care of cancer patients is the nursing care plan, which serves as a roadmap for providing individualized, evidence-based care. Nurses can better support their patients and optimize their outcomes by understanding the significance of nursing care plans in cancer care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2019

The skilled nursing sector has undergone a major transition over the past ten years. Because of shifting demographics and the challenges they place on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities are receiving patients who are struggling with more significant health concerns than in the past. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM.

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Digital Health Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Molly is the National Director, US Provider Industry and Chief Nursing Officer for Microsoft. Molly shares her path that led her from from nursing to technology leadership. Meet our Premier Partners. Our guest: In this episode, I spoke to Molly K. McCarthy MBA, BSN, RN-BC. 2) Helping to empower frontline clinicians.

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Iris Telehealth

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Dena Wampler was 42 when she went back to school to become a nurse practitioner. Everything lined up like it [ ] The post The Iris Spotlight: Meet Dena Wampler appeared first on Iris Telehealth.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2024

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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Digital Health Today

MARCH 3, 2020

As you’ve probably heard by now, the World Health Organization has designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. As we continue our focus on leaders who are also nurses, in our 100th episode, I speak with Shawna Butler, RN, MBA. . Shawna is a nurse economist and tech enthusiast. Meet our Premier Partners.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 12, 2018

As the population gets older and chronic conditions become more prevalent, hospitals are stretched to meet growing healthcare needs. Making matters worse, the supply of nurses can’t keep up with the demand—a disparity that will last for several years, according to a new report from Moody’s Investor Service.

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Mobile Health Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2017

As health systems focused on ensuring doctors had access to state-of-the-art health IT to monitor their patients when they couldn’t be at the bedside, the quality of tools and pace of adoption for nursing solutions did not keep up. Unfortunately, those solutions were not always conducive to nurses’ workflow.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

MAY 7, 2020

Never in my career as a nurse did I think that I wouldn’t be able to be social. COVID-19 has impacted all of our lives; some might be out of work and stuck at home, others might be struggling to make ends meet and are worrying about not being able to put food on their tables to feed their families.

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Lloyd Price

JANUARY 17, 2020

Nurses once again topped the list of America’s most trusted professions, according to Gallup, whose latest poll results were released this month. By Gallup’s count, it’s the 18th straight year nurses have earned that coveted title. Half the global workforce is comprised of nurses, and 90% are women. But they’re also CEOs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 30, 2020

“In mid-March 2020, it became quite apparent that VIM was going to need to pause in-person visits to the Bend clinic,” said Jennifer Fuller, RN, clinic nurse manager at Volunteers in Medicine’s Clinic of the Cascades. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. ” Additionally, VIM has a vibrant mental health program, she added.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 3, 2024

Physicians and nurses were only able to provide ICU care on a part-time basis. " MEETING THE CHALLENGE The virtual ICU enables the virtual providers to interact with patients via a telemedicine cart. Not too long ago, Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Indiana, did not have the capability to staff an ICU 24/7.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, CarDon & Associates, which operates 20 senior housing/skilled nursing communities in the Midwest, was exploring different ideas to give its staff time back, improve resident outcomes and reduce rehospitalizations. MEETING THE CHALLENGE. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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CMS.gov

APRIL 15, 2019

Ensuring Safety and Quality in America’s Nursing Homes. Nursing facilities. This duty is especially important when it comes to the care provided for some of the most vulnerable in our society, Americans residing in nursing homes. CMS’ approach to oversight of nursing homes is constantly evolving. Jeremy.Booth@c….

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

With this information, the hospital convened a group of thought leaders consisting of its post-acute care services division, which is managed as part of health system Michigan Medicine's home health agency, Michigan Visiting Nurses. "Once patients meet criteria and opt for enrollment into the program, the patient is given the kit.

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Lloyd Price

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Specifically – if doctors and nurses choose to exchange information about their patients' health via WhatsApp – can patients count on this private data to remain safe – according to the standard set by the protected health information (PHI)?

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FierceHealthIT

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

An HHS investigation discovered that CMS paid millions of dollars for skilled nursing facility services without meeting the proper guidelines.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 17, 2024

"The first issue we needed to address was the ability to efficiently and effectively assess patients who have been deemed at risk for suicidality for potential inpatient admission by our team of trained mental health services staff," said Julie Firman, DNP, RN, system chief nurse executive at Baptist Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 4, 2023

"This was generally used for retired clinical nurses or others who had the time and desire to sit next to a patient," he continued. When that happened, we would generally have to re-assign an even more critical individual, such as a nurse or a patient care technician, to help protect that patient. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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