Standing up to the surge: virtual nurses help a health system manage COVID
Resource Type: Webinars
Case Closed: Remote Video Monitoring Increases Staff Safety
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
Keeping Veterans Safe Through TeleSitting
A Trailblazer’s Road to Success
The Cincinnati VA Medical Hospital was the first VA Hospital in the nation to adopt the AvaSure TeleSitter® for continuous patient video monitoring. Within their first year, they were able to reduce sitter costs by 65% and saw a 50% reduction in patient falls. During this webinar, Beth Ackerson, Chief Nurse Procedural Services & Chief Health Informatics Officer, will share Cincinnati’s road to innovation and how they’re blazing the trail for the spectrum of continuum care.
Speaker: Beth Ackerson, RN, MSN, CNOR Chief Nurse Procedural Services & Chief Health Informatics Officer
Keeping the Suicidal Patient Safe
Keeping the Suicidal Patient Safe at Beacon Health Memorial Hospital
Beacon Health Memorial Hospital Implements Successful Virtual Sitting Program:
Zero Adverse Events Found in Study of 500+ Patients. In a proactive approach, Beacon
Health Memorial Hospital assembled a dedicated multi-disciplinary team of frontline staff.
This team thoroughly assessed their existing procedures, developed new policies, and
implemented a stringent patient selection process using the Columbia Suicide Severity
Risk Scale (C-SSRS) for eligibility criteria. Conducting their study across two hospitals
and involving over 500 patients, their implementation of the TeleSitter solution yielded
impressive results: zero adverse events reported.