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. "We tried to build our model around the notion that each patient will now have two nurses coordinating their care."

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American Medical Compliance

JANUARY 14, 2025

A 2023 systematic review published in BMC Nursing revealed a strong connection between clinical nurse competence and patient safety culture, underscoring the transformative impact of comprehensive training on nursing skills. Best Practices for Training Healthcare Teams in Restorative Nursing 1.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 16, 2023

PROPOSAL After launching Hospital In Your Home, Saint Luke’s expected to see an increase in overall patient satisfaction for similar acute care hospitalizations, reduced readmission rates, and health outcomes consistent with a brick-and-mortar acute care stay. "The average patient age is 78 and, to date, 54.3%

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As hospitals and health systems embrace digital transformation in earnest, they're apt to find improvements on any number of fronts, from staffing challenges (especially in acute care nursing), length of stay, 30-day readmissions, value-based care and chronic care management. It was ranked no.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 11, 2022

But not everyone has been pleased: Nurse unions criticized the strategy, saying it undermined their role and potentially endangering patients. "The Kaiser Permanente Advanced Care at Home is an innovative person-centered program rooted in quality, safety and patient satisfaction.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Curtis Anderson, CEO and founder of Nursa Gaps in the nursing workforce remain elevated, with an 18.4% hospital turnover rate for registered nurses and an RN vacancy rate of 9.9%, a recent report shows. In fact, more than half of hospitals face nurse vacancy rates of 10% or higher. billion by 2033 , up from $8.7 billion in 2023.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The Mobile Inpatient Care @ Home (MIC @ Home) programme is being offered to patients as an alternative to hospitalisation. A nurse meets a patient at their home and sets up medication and equipment for treatment and devices for teleconsultation and remote monitoring.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2022

to implement care.ai ’s Virtual Nursing solution at Lovelace Medical Center, Ardent’s Albuquerque, New Mexico-based affiliate. – Ardent, which operates 30 hospitals and nearly 200 sites of care across six states, is among the first of care.ai ’s partners to introduce AI-powered nursing. Combatting Nurse Staffing Shortages.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 15, 2024

One of the use cases gaining the most traction is virtual inpatient nursing where remote nurses support the bedside care team. Again, this is being driven by the issues around clinician burnout and workforce shortages, especially in nursing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2024

We heard about improved access to care and staff and patient satisfaction when innovative models are deployed successfully. "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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Ray, Chief Clinical Advisor at Laudio As a CNO of more than 20 years, I have observed the nurse manager role evolve from what we would typically think of now as a charge nurse to that of essentially serving as the CEO of a multi-million-dollar enterprise. businesses. Namely, those that are part of their daily leadership activities.

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Healthcare It News

MAY 8, 2024

Initially, we embarked on an in-depth analysis of the existing landscape, delving into patient journeys and care gaps, treatment protocols, and healthcare provider and care team workflows. Collaborating closely with patients, oncologists, nurses and technology experts, we pinpoint key pain points and opportunities for innovation.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2021

"Not only is an increase in hospitalizations going to stretch your bed capacity, but it's also going to impact the nursing ratio, requiring a nurse to care for more patients at a time than normal," he continued.

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Healthcare It News

APRIL 12, 2024

By leveraging LLM-based technologies , healthcare can be made more accessible and efficient for both providers and patients. This shift toward a more patient-centered approach, supported by advanced AI tools, heralds a new era of improved healthcare outcomes and experiences.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 28, 2022

From clinician burnout to nursing staffing shortages, we asked executives to share their clinical predictions to watch in 2022 and beyond. The pandemic has magnified the need for clinicians to have remote access to live-streaming patient data wherever the patient may be–from the ICU to the home. Angie Franks, CEO of ABOUT.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 30, 2021

" "After hours and on weekends, the Virtual Care Center acts as a triaging nurse to Trinity's home care and hospice patients across the U.S., managing more than 4,000 patients." "Indeed, patients enrolled in Home Care Connect are 29-107 in age, with 77 being the average age."

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

Hospitals are using Artisight’s capabilities for remote support of nurses, but they are expanding to other disciplines as well. When you leverage nurses at the bedside and others watching over video, each can focus on different aspects of care. The physically present nurse has more time to spend with the patient.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Automation and AI move equipment and patients into the optimal spots for timely procedures and give patients real-time updates via a mobile app. Once treatment is complete, patients can view notes and results. However, your approach will differ depending on your specific problems.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2021

How interactive patient systems help hospitals support their nurses – ultimately allowing them to provide better patient care and work at the top of their licensure, while also educating patient in their care plans, and enhancing the overall patient experience with no expense to the nursing staff.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 12, 2021

"Telehealth has helped us work around this, and we have given our patients with these concerns a direct connection to a doctor's visit from the comfort of their home. " Both vendors pitched the ability to seamlessly connect and stay connected. MARKETPLACE.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 28, 2024

Power reveals concerning trends in US hospitals, highlighting patient dissatisfaction with limited doctor access, lengthy wait times, and communication issues. Power report underscores the need for hospitals to address staffing shortages and prioritize patient satisfaction. – The J.D.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 18, 2022

That said, hospital social workers and nurse discharge planners are accustomed to having to help patients with these types of issues during an inpatient admission. These social needs have not always been viewed as the purview of the traditional healthcare delivery system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

It also reduces disruptions for clinicians and other hospital medical staff, and lowers the risk of infection transmission for all involved, according to MNGHA, which notes that other positive outcomes include improved patient satisfaction, enhanced emotional support and more efficient management of hospital staff and resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

This allowed providers and staff to call into COVID-19 rooms from the nursing station. “Using 105 Apple iPads, FaceTime and Cisco WebEx, video connections were established within the nursing units,” Gross said. On another front, outpatient patient satisfaction was excellent. It went as smooth as silk.”

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2024

No longer does a nurse have to take extra time to post a physical marker. They do display a few more facts, such as the nurse in charge of that patient. This has a great impact on patient satisfaction and how they feel about their experience at the hospital.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

“We were able to use iPads with the hospitalist and nurses to see patients on the COVID-19 unit, connected through telemedicine to interdisciplinary teams.” This team-based care allowed Franciscan to conserve PPE, eliminate possible exposure and provide a collaborative care approach to the patient.

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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. Staff members do report "excellent patient satisfaction and engagement scores" in the program.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Through CipherHealth’s CipherConnect web platform, patients can easily access the system on their own devices via QR code or SMS link, aligning with the growing demand for convenience and control over personal health.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Artisight platform, which was developed by clinicians for clinicians, marries IoT sensors with deep learning and open integration standards to streamline safe patient care, including virtual nursing. Healthcare is in the midst of a staffing, satisfaction, and financial crisis.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Additionally, a pilot is being conducted to evaluate the impact of using a centralized nurse triage process to resolve minor patient issues, freeing up providers' time to increase access. • 40,000 hours of patient drive-time saved. • Patient satisfaction went from 80% to 89%.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Later this fall, we are offering in-person house calls and remote house calls with the use of MedWand connected technology, which enables our providers – doctors and nurse practitioners – to conduct a remote house call with all the clinical-grade data needed from body temperature to ECG/EKG readings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 27, 2020

The program uses technology and a nursing-care coordination model to improve patient disease management, resulting in decreased readmission rates and increased patient satisfaction and self-efficacy.” Steve Ommen, medical director for the Center for Connected Care at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

About Augment Therapy Augment Therapy’s gamified technology can be used in various settings, from pediatric children’s hospitals servicing inpatient and outpatient care, adult rehabilitation, and skilled nursing facilities, and in provider-focused at-home health care.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 3, 2020

Integration of an improved model for language interpretation services for our diverse patient population. The addition of patient satisfaction assessment specifically targeting telemedicine visits. Patient satisfaction with care provided via telemedicine. Patient-family experience, overall, 86.3%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Moreover, you have more possibilities to educate patients regarding their treatment plan, whether it be medication or hands-on therapy. By using digital tools, zooming in scans for a close-up or watching self-injection videos, you allow for flexible and direct communication which can improve patient satisfaction. J Nurse Pract.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 27, 2023

A nurse or technician in a hospital is asked to do a patient intake or capture their vital signs. Kevin Bridges, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Enovate Medical, says that well-organized device management can reduce staff burnout, improve patient satisfaction, and even lead to faster discharges.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

"The only way to ensure high-quality outcomes was to give nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers telehealth capabilities," said Chad Hartmann, director of access and palliative services at TRU Community Care. The nurse also could get on a tele-visit with the patient through the capability of the tablet.

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