Healthcare IT News March 14, 2023
One of the nurse executives who helped create the world’s first virtual hospital offers a deep dive into the benefits of a hybrid approach to nursing that employs telehealth.
Hospitals across the nation are facing workforce challenges with nurse staffing shortages posing one of the biggest threats to care delivery.
More than 100,000 nurses exited the U.S. workforce from 2020 to 2021 due to a perfect storm of issues ranging from burnout and job dissatisfaction to competing family obligations and COVID-related illness. An aging nurse workforce nearing retirement and student capacity limits in nurse education programs are putting additional pressure on nurse staffing.
The American Nurses Association projects that the nursing shortage could reach up to 1.13 million additional nurses...