A few years ago, it was estimated that by 2030 the U.S. would experience a shortfall of more than half a million nurses, with a huge loss in quality and availability of care.
The pandemic sped up the timeline.
The greatest concern was the potential loss of specialized expertise; two-thirds of 6,000 critical care nurses surveyed in August 2021 said they were considering leaving the field from burnout.
Solutions have been hard to find, but Houston’s Memorial Hermann Health System has tried something new:
As the COVID-19 delta variant spread, critical care nurses were detailed to an existing central video monitoring facility. There, these “virtual nurses” can care for COVID-19 patients across the system, supporting less experienced bedside nurses and improving patient quality and safety.
Key learning objectives of this on-demand webinar:
Discover the basics of virtual care, including the technology and the art of video and audio interactions with patients and bedside staff
Learn about policies and workflows Memorial Hermann established for virtual nursing
Find out how virtual nurses can make the highest use of specialized care resources
Presenters:
Scott Shaver, MSN, LP, RN, CPHIMS, Director of Hospital Information Systems, Memorial Hermann
Mary Ellen Carrillo, MSN, MBA, RN, CVRN, FABC, Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President of Nursing, Memorial Hermann
Jennifer McGuire, Manager, Staffing, Memorial Hermann
Posted on March 29, 2022 by Jagmeet - Uncategorized
Leaders of AvaSure, the pioneer of continuous virtual monitoring, and Equum, an innovator in critical care telehealth services, as they discuss the worsening nurse staffing shortage and how the companies’ new partnership can be a big part of easing the crisis. Lisbeth Votruba, MSN, RN, AvaSure’s chief clinical innovation officer, will cover the technology part of the solution, which will use the company’s hardware and software, already in more than 900 clinical settings in the U.S. and Canada. Corey Scurlock, MD, MBA, the CEO of Equum, will discuss how his company will use that technology to provide hosted monitoring and clinical services from its new Care Collaboration Center in Nashville. Equum already provides virtual care to many of the nation’s leading health systems, hospitals and post-acute facilities. Together, these experts in acute care telehealth will offer a bold new approach to addressing what has become healthcare’s most pressing problem.
Learning Objective: This webinar will provide insights into the top challenges in patient satisfaction and safety, nurse staffing and patient flow efficiency that hybrid models of care such as virtual monitoring provides.
Peer-reviewed research, ORNA® data, and anecdotal evidence have pushed protecting nurses and other staff to the top of the list of new uses for virtual care.
Presenters
Lisbeth Votruba MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, AvaSure Christina Case, MSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Manager, Providence St. Peter Hospital
