By: Patrick Allen, BSN, MBA Virtual nursing adoption is on the rise as healthcare organizations seek new ways to address staffing, capacity, and capital challenges. Integrating virtual nursing into the routine process of care delivery requires teamwork, open lines of communication, and extensive upfront planning. I wrote previously about the trends and rationale for…
Two types of virtual nursing will become common practice in the next five years. Here’s why. By: Patrick Allen, BSN, MBA Virtual nursing gets a lot of attention for its ability to relieve clinician workload. That’s a compelling advantage. However, the value of virtual nursing goes much deeper than freeing up precious time. When…
Virtual nursing is not new, but its potential for transforming the delivery of healthcare is just beginning. To learn more about today’s most impactful applications, we spoke with Jon Hunt, Director, Client Services at Pixel Health, who shared his insights on the current state of virtual nursing and how it will continue to grow. …
In the last 40 years, fictional projections of the future of healthcare have ranged from unimaginable technological advances to downright barbaric solutions (and at times a combination of both). We’re still light years away from anything as advanced as a tricorder a la Star Trek but we’re ankle deep in the science of mind controlled…
