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…
As patients and caregivers began to increase their use of technology during the pandemic, an academic medical center recognized that they needed to meet growing demands for clinical mobility. The Pixel Health Synergistic Care team worked closely with the hospital, clinicians and IT staff to understand their needs and clinical workflows, assess the existing infrastructure,…
As a foundation member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), the Pixel Health team recently hosted a focus group with digital health leaders at the CHIME23 Fall Forum. They were also joined by Heather Nelson, SVP & CIO at Boston Children’s Hospital, who shared her experience with implementing a hybrid 5G cellular network…
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. …
By Patrick Allen, Managing Director, Strategy and Transformation Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part blog post on technology and workflow. Read Part 1 here. In the first part of this blog post, I discussed how healthcare systems often make the mistake of adopting new digital technology without considering their desired workflows. …
By Patrick Allen, Managing Director, Strategy and Transformation The lure of new healthcare technology can be hard to resist. It’s shiny and state of the art and promises to solve all your problems. It whispers, buy me and your troubles will disappear. Unfortunately, it often doesn’t work that way. We see clients all the time…
by Jennifer Unsworth | Senior Manager, Client Services According to LinkedIn, nursing is the fifth-most in-demand job in the country and the American Nurses Association reported that more RN jobs would be available than any other job in the US in 2022. So why is the country amid a nursing staff crisis? A new report…
by Kathleen Harmon, MS, RN Managing the complexity of implementing a clinical communication mobility program can be a daunting challenge. There is no one-size-fits-all technology that is right for every care delivery unit and clinical workflow, nor is there one single vendor who can address the full spectrum of clinical communication and collaboration needs –…
You learn a lot by watching. Nectar’s Director of Client Services, Teresa DeLappe, did a lot of observing and learning during the 15 years she spent working across the healthcare continuum at Harborview Medical Center (HMC) in Seattle, Washington. She was fascinated by the growing technology dependence of healthcare organizations yet at the same time,…
