HealthLeaders Media July 3, 2024
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Previous telemedicine processes are now helping this health system implement virtual nursing, says this nurse leader.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

– UCSF Health is implementing virtual nursing in both adult and now pediatric care units.

– Health systems can use previous telemedicine processes to enable virtual nursing, by leveraging technology and the electronic medical record.

While virtual nursing programs are new to several health systems, the concept of telemedicine is not.

Kay Burke, chief nursing informatics officer at UCSF Health, shared the four areas where their virtual nursing program is having an impact, and how the health system has built off their telemedicine model to improve virtual nursing workflows.

Burke is a part of the HealthLeaders Virtual Nursing Mastermind program, in which...

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Topics: Digital Health, Health System / Hospital, Nursing, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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