Geisinger’s Plan to Boost Quality and Patient Experience Through Virtual Nursing

Virtual nursing provides new opportunities for nurses to have more flexibility, and for hospitals to use their staff more efficiently. A single nurse can now observe more patients at once, and watch for signs of patient discomfort or distress. Tenured nurses can stay employed longer, without having to worry about working long shifts, and they can support new nurses virtually.

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PSQH Quick Poll 2024: Taking the Pulse of Patient Safety

As part of PSQH’s celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, we decided to reach out to our readers with a few questions to find out the state of patient safety efforts in 2024. This PSQH Quick Poll is presented in partnership with Origami Risk, Avtec, and IAC. The survey had a total of 285 respondents.

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How Does AI Impact Nursing?

AI is currently being implemented in many aspects of nursing, including documentation, admission and discharge processes, measuring and monitoring vitals, and data collection and analysis. However, the success of AI varies, and depends largely on proper implementation.

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Virtua Health Launches AI-Enabled Virtual Nursing Program

The New Jersey-based health system is collaborating with care.ai to integrate its virtual care technology throughout Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden following a pilot program launched late last year in one med-surg unit. Virtua executives say the platform will eventually be scaled out to all hospitals in the health system.

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Can Academic Partnerships Fix the Nursing Shortage?

Health systems are struggling to find new nurses who will stay at their hospitals permanently. Many veteran nurses are retiring and taking their knowledge and experience with them. This combined with the overall shortage of staff leaves new nurses feeling overworked and without the guidance and mentorship of their predecessors.

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